单词 | silk throwing |
释义 | silk throwingn. The twisting of silk fibres into raw silk, or the twisting together of two or more single threads or yarns of silk to make silk thread or yarn. Cf. silk throwsting n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > manufacture of silk thread or yarn silk throwing1621 throwing1621 throwsting?1757 silk throwsting1785 organzining1789 1621 in J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. v. xiv. 234/1 Sundry Strangers that use the Trade of Silk-throwing. 1668 London Gaz. No. 259/4 An Act to regulate the Trade of Silk-throwing. 1769 Ann. Reg. 1768 70/2 The proposal for setting up the business of silk-throwing was read. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 709/1 In 1719, a silk-throwing mill was erected at Derby. 1884 Derby Mercury 30 Apr. 5/4 Derby..may be congratulated on the comparative activity which has marked its leading industries. Silk throwing has been fairly active during this year. 1915 Weekly Drug Markets 3/3 Experiments are being conducted at the silk-throwing factory of B. Schtchenkoff and Sons, Moscow, in producing surgical silk. 1969 W. English Textile Industry 135 The silk-throwing industry produces nett silk yarns. 1992 Pennsylvania Hist. 59 104 During the early years of the twentieth century, the process of silk throwing..became concentrated in Pennsylvania's factories. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1621 |
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