单词 | papping |
释义 | pappingn. Scottish (south-western). Weaving. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete. A kind of paste, frequently made from flour and water, used to treat the warp.G. Watson (see quot. 1923) regards the word as obsolete. ΚΠ 1806 Q. McAdam Brit. Patent 2924 (1856) 3 The water and starch or flour, commonly called sizing or papping. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Pappin, poppin, a sort of batter or paste, generally made of flour and water, used by weavers for dressing their linen warp, or their webs, to make them have a close and thick appearance, Teviotd. a1838 J. Jamieson MSS XI. 141 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) Poppin, sheep's palate, boiled into a jelly, used by weavers in dressing their webs. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 229 Pappin, also popin..Td = pap [paste (of flour and water), formerly used by weavers for dressing the webs]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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