stovingn.
/ˈstəʊvɪŋ/ a. The action of stove v.1 in various senses.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > a bath > hot air or steam bath > subjecting to
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the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > drying by specific method
stoving1665
hydro-extracting1882
hydro-extraction1895
spray drying1921
spin-dry1932
freeze-drying1944
flash-drying1946
spin-drying1956
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxxiii. 110 Efter the stoving and bathing, men suld sytt on fair bynkis jn thai herberis.
1665 S. Pepys Diary 13 Feb. (1972) VI. 35 We had good discourse touching Stoveing and making of cables.
1676 (title) Practical and Short Discourse of Stoving and Bathing.
1845 G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 5th Ser. 73 Conversion of gyle into vinegar... This process of acetification is technically called ‘stoving’.
1845 G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 5th Ser. 165 Hat-making... After another ‘stoving’ by which the spirit is evaporated [etc.].
1862 C. O'Neill Dict. Calico Printing 7/2 Ageing; known also as Stoving or Hanging. The operation of exposing printed or mordanted goods to the action of the air. Formerly the ageing or hanging rooms were kept hot by flues or steam pipes, whence called stoves, a name which they still retain in some places, though heat may not be used.
1882 W. Crookes Dyeing & Tissue-printing 4 Wool is bleached by the action of the fumes of burning sulphur... This process is generally known as ‘stoving’.
b. attributive.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > fighting between animals > [noun] > cock-fighting > sweating game-cock
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c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxxiii. 110 Efter the sesoun of jlke bathing and stoving tyme.
1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. 279/1 Take them [Cocks] out of the Stoving-Baskets, and..put them into the Pens.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 338/2 The gases having done their work here, are carried off by the flues into the stoving-room, where they are made to do duty a second time in drying the salt.
1952 Industrial Finishing V. 201/2 How efficiency of drying..can be increased with existing stoving equipment.
1962 D. W. Hislop in H. W. Chatfield Sci. Surface Coatings xviii. 531 All paint stoving ovens can be a hazard as the solvent vapour/air mixture is a potential fire risk.
1972 Materials & Technol. V. viii. 215 The use of these oils in water-thinnable stoving paints has been more successful.
1972 Materials & Technol. V. xi. 363 Anti-corrosive stoving primers for cars.
1982 W. M. Morgans Outl. Paint Technol. (ed. 2) I. xiii. 221 The combination of urea resin with non-drying alkyd is used very widely for stoving finishes of almost all types.
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