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† trip-skin dial. Obs.
[Cf. trip n.3]
See quots.
a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia s.v. Rock, Wool..is spun..by being drawn out and formed into yarn by the finger and thumb, and pressed by the hand on the trip-skin. Ibid., Trip-skin..1. A piece of leather, worn on the right hand side of the petticoat, by spinners with the rock, on which the spindle plays, and the yarn is pressed by the hand of the spinner. 2. The skinny part of roasted meat which before the whole can be dressed, becomes tough and dry, like a trip [cheese] overkept. |