cissingn.
/ˈsɪsɪŋ/ a. The preliminary operation in graining of moistening the wood with beer and rubbing it over with whiting in order that the colour may adhere.
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1875 E. A. Davidson House-painting 106 In order that the graining colours which are mixed with beer may adhere to the ground which has been painted in oil, it is necessary that the surface should be prepared. This is done by passing over it with a sponge moistened with beer and rubbed with whiting; when this is dry, the distemper colour will work freely over the oil, and will adhere to it. This process is called cissing.
b. (See quots. 1877, 1885.)
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1877 C. H. Savory Paper Hanger 111 Vandyke Brown used in beer must be rubbed on with a tool..till there is no ‘cissing’, or curdling of the colour.
1885 Spons' Mechanics' Own Bk. 432 To prevent a graining coat from ‘cissing’ at a water-colour overgraining coat, that is repelling the water by antagonism of the oil.
1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 108/1 Cissing, a fault in a varnished surface in which small dull spots appear. Usually caused either by minute holes or grease spots.
1961 J. H. Goodier Dict. Painting & Decorating 55 Cissing. This is a term applied when a coat of paint, varnish or water colour refuses to form a continuous film, recedes from the surface, collects in beads and leaves the surface partially exposed.
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