A person who picks apart or cards wool, cotton, etc. In later use also: a machine for doing this.
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| 释义 | the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > separating or cleaning > separating or cleaning with machine > machine (12) picker1795 A person who picks apart or cards wool, cotton, etc. In later use also: a machine for doing this. wool-mill1819 = willy, n.1 3. blowing-machine1835 (a) any mechanical contrivance for producing a blast of air; (b) a machine for cleansing and separating fur in hat-manufacture; (c) an apparatus… willow1835 = willy, n.1 3. willy1835 A revolving machine of a conical or cylindrical shape armed internally with spikes for opening and cleaning wool, cotton, flax. Called also twilly. twilly1858 A willowing machine: = devil, n. 11a(a); also called twilly-devil. blower1867 A blowing-machine: (a) for cleansing and ‘opening’ the fibres of cotton or wool; (b) for cleansing and separating rabbit fur. wilger1871 = willow, n. 4, willy, n.1 3. shake willey1875 wolf1875 A name for apparatus of various kinds. Textiles. A willow or willy (willy, n.1 3). (Cf. German wolf, Swedish vulf.) Subcategories:— one who tends (2) |
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