| 单词 | slubbing-jenny |
| 释义 | > as lemmasslubbing-jenny 4. attributive, chiefly with names of apparatus, as slubbing-billy, slubbing-frame, slubbing-jenny, slubbing-machine; also slubbing-thread, slubbing-waste. ΚΠ 1795 Edinb. Advertiser 6 Jan. 15/3 One slubbing jeanny, with one mule jeanny. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 9 The long wooden rod from his slubbing-frame. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 171 The Slubbing Machine, or Billy, performs the next operation. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 175 It might be supposed that the slubbing threads would be apt to coil round the spindles. 1891 R. Marsden Cotton Spinning (ed. 4) 221 The slubbing billy..in a modified and improved form..still exists in the woollen trade. 1894 Times 17 Aug. 9/5 Slubbing waste, roving waste,..and all waste or rags composed wholly or in part of wool. < as lemmas |
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