silkingn.
1. Silken rustling.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > rustling
whisping1379
rustlinga1387
flushinga1398
ruffling1440
stichling?1553
brustling1589
rustle1624
rash1671
titter1853
fidget1860
gush1866
reesle1866
frou-frou1870
silking1871
1871 G. MacDonald Wilfrid Cumbermede I. xiii. 131 The silking of her frock aroused me.
2. The attachment of a piece of silk or other fine material to one or both sides of a sheet of paper in order to strengthen or preserve it.
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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [noun] > arrangement or treatment of sheets
gathering1683
interleafing1870
interleaving1885
inlaying1894
quiring1922
silking1943
1943 Amer. Archivist VI. 152 The two principal methods of restoration employed at the present time, silking and lamination with cellulose acetate foil, are described below.
1980 S. G. Swartzburg Preserving Library Materials vii. 74 The sheets can be strengthened by a covering of a thin sheet of japan tissue, pasted over the original page... This process is often called ‘silking’ because originally a fine chiffon fabric was used.
3. Development of the silk in maize.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > maize > silky filaments > development of
silking1976
1976 R. W. Jugenheimer Corn xiii. 206 The most desirable strains of corn over a period of years often have been those in which the individual plants varied considerably in date of silking and tasseling.
1977 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Jan. 13/4 The optimum time for spraying is a fortnight either side of silking.
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