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secretage|ˈsiːkrətɪdʒ|
[a. F. secrétage, f. secréter, secrete v.3 and -age.]
A process of preparing furs for felting: see quot. 1835. Also attrib.
1791Hamilton Berthollet's Dyeing I. i. ii. i. 131 The furs of hares..cannot be employed alone for felting, without having undergone a previous operation which is called secretage. 1835Ure Philos. Manuf. 129 The furs of the hare, the rabbit, and the castor, being naturally straight, cannot be employed alone for felting, till they have acquired a curling texture at their points, by the application of nitrate of mercury,—an artifice called secretage. 1839― Dict. Arts 811 The nitrate of mercury is employed for the secretage of rabbit and hare-skins. 1866Cooley Toilet 481 Secretage Liquid, Permanent Curling Fluid. 1880J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XI. 518/2. |