cardingn.1
/ˈkɑːdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkɑrdɪŋ/ 1.
a. The action or process of separating and aligning the fibres of wool, flax, cotton, etc., and removing impurities, with cards (card n.1) or in a carding machine.
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cardinga1464
combing1575
gilling1847
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 9 Noema..fond first spinning, karding, and weving, and swech laboure as longith to making of cloth.
1468 in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 134 Spynnyng et cardyng in festo Sancti Mathi.
a1500 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 170 Yet in-to lytyll þei putt owte of purse As mych for gardyng, spynnyng, and weuyng.
1637 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1871) I. 110 To pay to the saids persones for kairding and spynning of ewery stane weycht of wool..fourtie schillings.
1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman II. ii. i. 54 The Carding is generally done by hired servants.
1851 Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. p. v**/1 The carding depends more on the quality of the cards than upon any attention or skill in the operatives.
1932 E. Midgley Techn. Terms Textile Trade II. 81 True ‘knickerbocker’ yarn is obtained by flecking the spotting material during carding.
2010 S. Dixon Carding using Hand Carders in http://handspinner.co.uk 17 May (accessed 23 June 2020) Carding prepares your fibre for spinning a light, airy yarn.
b. A quantity of wool, cotton, etc., which has been carded.
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carding1600
roll1768
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > cotton
bombast1572
bombace1592
carding1600
cotton wool1857
nitrocotton1867
batting1875
lint1877
delint1896
viscose1896
linters1903
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. viii. 33 Whitish cloudes, like vnto fleeces or cardings of wooll.
1785 Trial of Cause R. P. Arden 45 For taking off cotton, and making it into rovings from the carding.
1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 170 The fibres of the cotton..when sufficiently combed are called cardings.
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) 106/2 Tummins, rough cardings of wool.
2016 B. Neindorf in www.abc.net.au 18 Feb. (accessed 23 June 2020) Cardings, which are often greasy, short locks, are fetching almost $12 a kilo.
2. The action of torturing or punishing a person with a wool card or similar instrument; an act or instance of this. Cf. card v.1 2. Now chiefly historical.
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society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > tearing flesh with wool-card
carding?a1556
?a1556 Grey Friars Chron. anno 1552 in R. Howlett Monumenta Franciscana (1882) II. 236 For cardynge of hare mayde with a payer of carddes soche as dothe carde wolle with-alle.
1814 R. Peel Let. 7 July in G. Broeker Rural Disorder & Police Reform in Ireland (2016) iii. 51 The cardings and burnings, and murders, which are committed.
1824 R. Heber Let. Mar. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) II. 380 The work of carding..murder, and robbery, goes on as systematically..as in the worst part of Ireland.
1938 C. R. Post Hist. Spanish Painting VII. i. App. 733 St. Blaise is the subject of the third retable, and his story is unfolded in the scenes of his blessing of the beasts,..and the carding of his body.
2006 Jrnl. Galway Archaeol. & Hist. Soc. 58 44 There was bound to be a retributive justice exacted.., a retributive justice that took the form of threatening notices sent,..and cardings executed.
Compounds
C1. General use as a modifier (in sense 1), as in carding comb, carding stock, etc.
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1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 144/1 To have more carding-combs than flax, viz. more teeth than meat to eat.
1824 Norfolk Chron. & Norwich Gaz. 22 May (advt.) Spinning jack, three looms complete, havels, carding stocks, etc.
1931 E. Ferber Amer. Beauty vii. 140 The old loom itself, broken now and useless, as were the old hatchel and the carding comb.
1998 Textile Horizons June 30 (advt.) Since graduating, you'll have built solid experience with textiles/non-woven materials—ideally cotton or rayon. A knowledge of the carding process would be beneficial.
2010 L. Rogers tr. S. Oksanen Purge 207 Aliide took hold of the carding combs again.
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carding cylinder n. a cylinder or roller in a carding machine, covered with metal teeth or wire pins that comb out impurities from wool, cotton, etc., and separate and straighten the fibres.
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1785 Trial of Cause R. P. Arden 28 Your Lordship sees, after the feeder and the rollers, the cotton is put on a great carding cylinder.
1867 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 5 July 541/2 A double carding engine is exhibited by M. Giradoni, who places two carding cylinders one above the other instead of side by side.
2007 C. Lawrence in S. Gordon & Y.-L. Hsieh Cotton vii. 217 Zone III: the carding zone; this includes the carding cylinder with its peripheral surface clothed with saw-tooth wire.
carding engine n. now chiefly historical a device used to card (card v.1 1a) wool, cotton, etc., consisting of a series of cylinders (typically a large cylinder and several smaller ones) covered with metal teeth or wire pins which comb out impurities and separate and straighten the fibres; cf. carding machine n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > combing > machine
carding engine1776
carding machine1779
towing-mill1789
comber1831
breaker1875
breaking-enginea1877
1776 T. Wood Brit. Patent 1130 (1856) 2 A porcupine roller that receives the cotton..and delivers it to the carding engine.
1887 App. Jrnls. House of Representatives N.Z. (1st Sess. 10th Parl.) H.–4. 29 A young man..had his right arm severely injured in the cog-wheels of a carding engine, which he was working with the wheel guard removed.
1992 C. Giles & I. H. Goodall Yorks. Textile Mills i. 7/2 Carding engines were introduced rapidly into the cotton industry and, together with the similar but coarser scribbling engine, into the woollen industry.
carding machine n. a carding engine (carding engine n.).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > combing > machine
carding engine1776
carding machine1779
towing-mill1789
comber1831
breaker1875
breaking-enginea1877
1779 Gentleman's & London Mag. July 431/1 The English carding machine seems well suited for the purpose.
1856 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. London 19 172 In some factories a carding machine is employed for working up the coarser, shorter, and less valuable fibre.
1999 C. Mendelson Home Comforts xiv. 203/1 Carded fibers have been arranged in parallel fashion by a carding machine.
carding mill n. now chiefly historical a mill in which wool, etc., is carded.
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1800 Leeds Intelligencer 9 June The Two last Lots are convenient for Erecting One or more Scribbling or Carding Mills.
1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 72 A fulling-mill, a carding-mill, and a mill for bruising flax-seed.
2003 Nat. New Eng. Fall 59/2 In combination with the neighboring grist mill and carding mill..these three examples of ‘living history’ create a dynamic learning opportunity for visitors.
carding room n. a room (esp. in a mill or factory) where wool, cotton, etc., is carded.
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1791 Northampton Mercury 2 July Monday se'nnight a fire broke out at a cotton factory..by the carelessness of a servant, who had a candle in the carding-room.
1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xiii. 155 I began to work in a carding room soon after, and the fluff got into my lungs, and poisoned me.
2005 Jrnl. Cotton Sci. 9 98/2 The temperature and humidity of the carding room was measured every 10 min during the processing of all lots.
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cardingn.2
/ˈkɑːdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkɑrdɪŋ/, Canadian English /ˈkɑrdɪŋ/ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > card-playing
cardsa1450
carding?a1500
card play1528
card playing1528
?a1500 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 224 Exchewe allewey eville company, Caylys, cardyng, and haserdy, And alle unthryfty playes.
1504 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1504 §24. m. 21 Where dysyng, cardyng, tenys playng..shalbe used.
1621 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1621/6/26 The monyfold evillis and inconvenientis whiche ensew upoun carding and dyceing.
1654 J. Trapp Comm. Job xxxi. 22 In Carding and Dicing he had often wished himself hanged if it were not so and so.
1756 W. Romaine Duty of Watchfulness 10 The effects of carding and gaming are felt everywhere.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 June 2 The sole..income was derived from the carding.
1919 I. Zangwill Jinny the Carrier vi. 204 Its ministers have been silenced or ejected in numbers almost unparalleled; some indeed merely for tippling, dicing, carding, and womanizing.
2. North American. The action or practice of asking a person to show a form of identification (usually a driving licence), typically to confirm that he or she is above the legal drinking age. Cf. card v.2 5.
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1967 Daily Illini (Univ. Illinois) 19 Sept. 1/1 Students are used to carding during New Freshman Week.
2007 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 2 Apr. a1/4 They were carded, then denied entry to the R-rated film because they were under 17... But managers of area theaters say the carding policy is not new.
2018 Toronto Star (Nexis) 7 Dec. (Editorial section) a18 There needs to be more carding at the grocery stores to stop the inebriated and underage from buying alcohol.
3. Originally Canadian. The provision of government funding to an amateur athlete; the funding so provided. Originally and frequently as a modifier. Cf. carded adj.1 3.
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1985 Winnipeg Free Press 16 Jan. 46/5 There are three athletes who have received their national carding status.
2002 Nelson (N.Z.) Mail (Nexis) 11 Mar. (Sport section) The carding system identifies rising talents and covers the costs of improving their athletic abilities, including medical and fitness testing and training, nutritional assessment and psychological profiling.
2018 Times & Transcript (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 20 Feb. a9 In my last year of racing, I lost my carding.
Compounds
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > places for gambling
dicing-house1549
carding house1550
gaming house1562
dicing-chamber1571
tabling house1576
game house?1577
macaroni1771
gambling house1772
gambling school1773
gambling club1774
spill-house1778
gambling hall?1781
gambling den1792
gambling booth1804
hell1812
gambling hell1818
Crockford1827
silver hell1835
deadfall1837
casino1851
house1855
tripot1864
skin house1871
bucket-shop1875
gambling joint1885
salle1886
tabling den1886
spoofery1895
salle de jeu1901
strong joint1914
kitchen1924
salle privée1930
spieler1931
1550 R. Hutchinson Image of God Ep. Ded. sig. A.viiiv Diseyng and carding are forbydden, but dyseyng and carding housees are vpholden.
1614 R. Horne Christian Governour sig. T7 And for Carding houses, Dicing-houses, Tipling-houses, Brothell-houses, what Chappels are these to serue God in?
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cardingadj.
/ˈkɑːdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkɑrdɪŋ/ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of family Bombidae (bumble-bee) > bombus muscorum
carding bee1781
carder1830
moss bee1832
moss carder1853
clothier-bee1864
1781 J. Barbut Les Genres des Insectes de Linné 267/1 The foremost [bee] lays hold of some [moss] with her teeth, clears it bit by bit with her feet (which circumstance has also gotten them the name of carding-bees), then, by the help of her feet, she drives the unravelled moss under her belly.
1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 374 The Carding Bees nearly all perish in the winter.
1920 E. Selous Jack's Other Insects 184 Card first, talk afterwards, that's what we Carding Bees say.
2. That dresses wool, cotton, etc., with cards (card n.1) or in a carding machine.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [adjective] > combing equipment
can1795
carding1816
gilled1882
1816 A. Bogle in Rep. Minutes of Evid. Select Comm. Children in Manufactories U.K. 166 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 397) III. 235 At the water-twist mill the average is 5s. the persons there are children, almost exclusively, excepting the carding-workers, who are women, and the spinning-masters.
1873 W. K. Sullivan in E. O'Curry On Manners & Customs Anc. Irish III. Gloss. 593/1 Pes-Bolg, a foot bag in which sorted wool is kept by carding women.
1942 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 26 June 3/1 C. Saxon, carding worker.
1984 R. Fevre Cheap Labour & Racial Discrim. vi. 88 A future fall in the Asian proportion of scouring and carding workers was expected with changes in wool pulling and card feeding.
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