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单词 suint
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suintn.

Brit. /swɪnt/, /ˈsuːɪnt/, /ˈsjuːɪnt/, U.S. /ˈsuənt/, /swɪnt/
Forms: 1700s– suint, 1900s– swint (rare).
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French suint.
Etymology: < French suint (c1300 in Old French) < suer to sweat (early 12th cent.; end of the 10th cent. as suder ; < classical Latin sūdāre : see sudate v.) + -in -ine suffix1, with remodelling of the ending after nouns ending in -oint , especially oint grease (compare oint v.).
Originally: the yolk (yolk n.2) or grease found in the wool of sheep. In later use spec.: the water soluble part of the yolk, which consists of dried secretions from a sheep's sebaceous and sweat glands and is rich in potassium salts and fatty acids.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > body and parts of > fleece > lanolin in
yolk1767
suint1791
wool-fat1875
wool-grease1875
1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. ii. i. 125 Wool is naturally covered with a kind of grease called suint.
1874 W. Crookes Pract. Handbk. Dyeing i. xi. 84 The loss of weight in wool, treated for the elimination of the suint with bisulphide of carbon, varies from 15 to 70 per cent with washed merino wool.
1907 Cycl. Textile Work VI. 34 Some authorities include suint under the head of yolk, but this does not draw a sharp dividing line between that portion of the impurities soluble in water and the portion that is insoluble.
1947 Amer. Wool & Cotton Reporter 25 Sept. 13/2 When the virgin wool comes to the mill it's full of fat and swint and grease and sheep dung.
2014 W. J. Johnson Yarn Wks. i. 31 The natural grease of the wool and suint hardens over time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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