| 单词 | rot-steep |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrot-steep rot-steep n. now rare the process or action of soaking cloth in water or a solution of alkali in order to remove the sizing; the solution used for this purpose. 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] > other processes starching1390 drawing1579 lapper1732 animalization1783 gassing1822 stuff-presser1831 rot-steep1835 plating1843 oversizing1882 Schreinering1905 Schreinerizing1906 potting1920 tie-dye1926 ikat1931 pre-boarding1940 permanent press1944 stentering1946 1835 T. Thomson in Rec. Gen. Sci. 1 165 The cloth is steeped in a weak alkaline ley, to remove the weaver's dressing. This is technically called the rot-steep. 1874 W. Crookes Pract. Handbk. Dyeing 45 The ‘rot steep’, so called because the flour or size with which the goods were impregnated was formerly allowed to ferment and putrefy. 1918 C. D. Dominge & W. O. Lincoln Fire Insurance Inspection & Underwriting 384 Rot-steep, an alkaline lye used to remove the sizing on calico cloth before it is printed. < as lemmas |
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