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kneading, vbl. n.|ˈniːdɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. knead.
1398[see knead v. B. 1]. c1440Promp. Parv. 279/1 Knedynge, pistura. 1711Addison Spect. No. 211 ⁋1 That when Prometheus made his Man of Clay, in the kneading up of his Heart, he season'd it with some furious Particles of the Lion. 1893A. S. Eccles Sciatica 48 Vigorous kneading of the calf and hamstring muscles should be practised.
†b. concr. Yeast. Obs.
1638Penkethman Artach. G iv b, For Yeast or kneading.
c. attrib. and Comb., as kneading-friction, kneading-machine; † kneading-tub, -vat = next.
c1386Chaucer Miller's T. 408 Tomorwe at nyght..In to our knedyng tubbes wol we crepe. 1472–3Rolls Parlt. VI. 38/1 Item, ii knedyng Fates. 1563Richmond Wills (Surtees) 169 A kneadinge tube..a kneadinge bassyn. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 336 The kneading-friction or shampooing of the Egyptians and Turks. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Kneading-machine, an apparatus for working dough by means of a revolving spiral. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 376 Kneading movements, chiefly with the heel and palm. |