The preparation or laying of a ‘ground’ in various arts and manufactures (see quots.). Also grounding-in, the application of the secondary…

The action or operation of preparing roughly or treating in a preliminary manner.

A soaking given prior to some process or treatment; spec. a soaking given to laundry before washing.

The soaking of something as a preliminary process or treatment; spec. the soaking of laundry before washing.

Stress applied to an object during manufacture or prior to some other treatment, usually in order to counteract applied loads.

Tension applied to an object during manufacture or prior to some other process, esp. that applied to the reinforcing steel rods or wires in the…

The process of impregnating a material with a substance prior to further processing. Cf. pre-impregnated, adj.

The action of pre-cut, v.

The action of preload, v.