| 单词 | gigging |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈgigging ˈgigging n. in quot. 1887 attributive. ΚΠ 1887 Microscope VII. 335 The..diatoms are again transferred to the crystal gigging glass. ˈgigging ˈgigging n. also attributive as gigging-machine, gigging-mill. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > putting nap on > machine gig-mill1551 gigging-mill1789 raising gig1804 teasel1835 gig1842 gigging-machine1875 nappera1884 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 195 Mills, called here Gigging-Mills..worked by men turning them backward and forward, till the wool is sufficiently opened for use. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Gigging-machine, a machine for dressing woolen cloth by subjecting it to the action of teasels, whose fine hooks draw the loose fibres to the surface. 18.. Fibre & Fabric V. 20 A man who can take charge of dyeing, scouring, fulling and gigging in a small country mill. ˈgigging ˈgigging n. ΚΠ 1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. xviii. 227 He had the usual Gotham gigging beginning. 1959 ‘F. Newton’ Jazz Scene xii. 222 He had to earn his living as a blueprint inspector, occasionally gigging in his spare time. 1967 Crescendo Feb. 12/2 Buy Professor Jacko's ‘Gig-Book For All Occasions’. Gives melody line, chords and starting note for complete evening's gigging. < as lemmas |
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