gassingn.
/ˈɡasɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡæsɪŋ/ 1. The process of passing yarn or fabric rapidly through a gas flame in order to remove superfluous fibres. Cf. gas v.1 1.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > other processes
gassing1822
conditioning1904
society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > gas or types of gas > [noun] > process of supplying with gas
gassing1822
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > other processes
starching1390
drawing1579
lapper1732
animalization1783
gassing1822
stuff-presser1831
rot-steep1835
plating1843
oversizing1882
Schreinering1905
Schreinerizing1906
potting1920
tie-dye1926
ikat1931
pre-boarding1940
permanent press1944
stentering1946
1822 Morning Chron. 28 Feb. Cleaning, mending, dressing, bleaching, gassing, and dying.
1864 Sci. Amer. 9 Jan. 19/2 The gassing of lace and the bleaching of starch.
1893 Westm. Gaz. 13 Nov. 7/3 The gassing process in silk mills is..very injurious to health.
1921 R. Beaumont & W. G. Hill Dress, Blouse, & Costume Cloths iii. 108 Gassing is the principal operation to which the yarns are, in this work, submitted.
2007 K. S. Welsh Not your Mama's Stitching ii. 30 One additional benefit of cotton thread is its smoothness, which is the result of a process called ‘gassing’.
2. colloquial. The action of talking idly; chatting, gossiping.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > insincere or pretentious talk > [noun] > indulgence in
gassing1857
eye-washing1925
1857 C. E. De Long Jrnl. 3 May in Calif. Hist. Soc. Q. (1930) 9 142 Doing nothing to day, but loafing reading and gassing.
1889 C. A. J. Farrar Up North Branch iv. 65 Oh, stop your gassing.
1943 M. Lavin Tales from Bective Bridge 16 A bit of talk and gassing from Phelim Molloy.
1954 E. Ogilvie Dawning of Day xxxvii. 211 I guess I've been doing a lot of gassing around here this morning.
2001 J. Vernon Last Canyon (2002) i. iv. 23 That's enough of your gassing.
3. The action or process of impregnating or treating something with gas.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > [noun] > processing > treating or impregnating with specific substance
gassing1872
vaselining1921
1872 Brit. Patent 1690 2 Esparto and other similar fibres..are afterwards washed with warm water... They are then pulped.., and bleached first by gassing with chlorine gas... The gassing may be accomplished by any suitable apparatus.
1927 Sci. News Let. 8 Jan. 27/1 Special properties of some fruits might be improved by gassing.
1977 Euromicro Newslet. 3 60/1 The chemical process consists of the gassing of a measured volume of a process liquid until a chemical reaction is completed.
2000 Thermochimica Acta 365 90/1 The selection has been made to perform the ageing [of mimosa and leathers] in cycles due to practical reasons, as it is not possible to carry out the gassing at the high temperatures used.
4. The action of poisoning with gas; an instance of this.
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1899 Rep. Proc. Associations Gas Engineers & Managers 1898 96 Since he came North he had not had any experience in the ‘gassing’ of workmen.
1915 Times 7 May 9/4 We have received from a correspondent, whose authority is beyond question, the following grim account of a visit to the victims of ‘gassing’.
1945 C. Burney Dungeon Democracy i. 31 It was decided to send the remainder to Auschwitz for gassing.
1977 R. M. Fields Society under Siege vi. 149 Although these canisters line the streets of Derry in profusion after gassings, the army does not permit their removal.
2004 Independent 2 Mar. 16/6 Having seen other fur farms, some of these animals are probably still alive while they are being skinned after gassing.
5. The release of gas by a storage battery or dry cell. Cf. gas v.1 6.
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1906 U.S. Patent 810,930 1/1 Diffusion of the electrolyte into the body of the plate. This..causes excessive action, gassing, and disintegration.
1934 Pop. Mech. Mar. 470/2 When the batteries have developed their full capacity, as indicated by free gassing of the cells at the end of two or three successive charges.
1989 P. Horowitz & W. Hill Art of Electronics (ed. 2) xiv. 921/2 The ‘heavy-duty’ dry cells are similar, but with a higher proportion of zinc chloride..to accommodate greater gassing.
2009 Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) (Nexis) 20 Aug. 5d Minor ‘gassing’ and water loss on a nonsealed battery isn't unusual. But excessive gassing may be an indication of overcharging.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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