strippingn.1
/ˈstrɪpɪŋ/ 1.
a. The action of strip v.1
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > [noun]
stripping1398
unclothing1572
doffing1606
divesture1631
undressing1677
disrobement1747
disrobing1813
divestiture1820
peeling1832
divestment1854
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun]
discoveringa1375
stripping1398
unheling1398
uncovering1495
discovery1610
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. lxiv. 182 And that matere chaungyth and enfectith the skynne somtyme wyth scales..and somtyme wyth strippynge and pillynge.
a1400–50 Wars Alex. (Dublin) 781 What of stampyng of stedes & strippyng of baners, All demmyd þe dale & þe duste risez.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 480/1 Stryppynge, or makynge [read nakynge],..denudacio.
1654 W. Jenkyn Shock of Corn 14 He who looks upon himself as possessing nothing in the world, fears not a stripping by death.
1713 J. Addison in Guardian 16 July 1/1 Having put a seasonable Stop to this unaccountable Humour of Stripping, that was got among our British Ladies.
1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific vii. 76 As this spiral stripping of the blubber goes on, the body [of the whale] is kept turning.
1847 E. Gurney Let. 18 Sept. in A. J. C. Hare Gurneys (1895) II. xv. 252 This further stripping has afresh caused me to feel that ‘I am bereaved’, that life will soon contain but very few to bind me to it.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 712 The pia [mater] on stripping is found to adhere to the cerebral cortex.
1952 W. H. Kirk Sewell's Dogs & their Managem. (rev. ed.) iv. 76 Proper trimming or stripping is a long, tedious, and continuous work.
1974 R. Rendell Face of Trespass xiv. 134 Mr Greenberg doesn't have a surgery on Saturday afternoons... We're only open for clipping and stripping.
b. In technical senses.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making tools, equipment, or fastenings > [noun] > process in making file
stripping1837
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [noun] > removal or taking away > violently or tearing off
avulsion1622
discerption1699
stripping1853
society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > other specific types of mining
shoading1778
nuggeting1852
placer mining1852
reefing1859
hydraulic mining1873
stripping1874
drift mining1877
gouging1877
hydraulicking1880
open-working1881
strip mining1935
horizon mining1947
roadheading1969
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > [noun] > processing > process involving liquid > specific
Burnettizing1885
stripping1886
society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > oil refining or separating processes > [noun]
re-refining1864
cracking1868
stripping1922
sweetening1924
Platforming1949
Powerforming1956
steam cracking1959
the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > ion > ionization > [noun] > depriving (atom or ion) of electron
stripping1943
society > communication > printing > type founding > [noun] > making plates > mounting copy for
stripping1949
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. ii. 135 In the stripping our foremast, we were alarmed by discovering it was sprung.
1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 226 [article File Maker] To prepare the files for cutting, is by making the surface to contain the teeth as level as possible; this process is called ‘stripping’.
1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) II. 697 Interruptions occurred several times a day by the stripping of the main cylinder.
1874 J. H. Collins Princ. Metal Mining (1875) viii. 54 The ore is got out by a kind of long-wall method called ‘stripping’.
1886 A. Watt Electro-deposition 252 It is usually the practice to remove what silver there may be upon old plated articles by the process termed ‘stripping’. This consists in immersing the article in a hot acid liquid.
1922 D. T. Day Handbk. Petroleum Industry II. 324 Stripping may be held to mean a complete removal of all light fractions down to those of lubricating value, and represents the initial refining process.
1943 Ann. Reg. 1942 364 Saha..suggested that both the stripping of the atoms and their high velocities are due to a nuclear reaction analogous to fission.
1949 D. Melcher & N. Larrick Printing & Promotion Handbk. 283/2 When two or more photographic negatives are used together to make one printing plate, the process of combining them is known as ‘stripping’.
1955 R. E. Treybal Mass-transfer Operations i. 3 If air is brought into contact with an ammonia-water solution, some of the ammonia leaves the liquid and enters the gas phase, an operation known as desorption or stripping.
1972 Physics Bull. Mar. 145/1 After stripping the nitrogen ions..will behave like deuterons or alpha particles in the injection channel into the synchrotron.
1977 L. Vályi Atom & Ion Sources iv. 251 An alternative method for the production of multiply charged ions is the stripping of electrons in the interaction of singly charged positive ions.
1980 J. R. Walker Graphic Arts Fund. vi. 116/1 (caption) Light table makes good work surface for stripping.
2. concrete. Something stripped off or taken off in a thin layer.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > [noun] > thin piece shaved or stripped off
shavingc1386
stripping1601
shave1725
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > torn off > torn strip(s)
stripping1601
targeta1774
rata1796
in ribbons1820
flinders1869
1601 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 288 He [the yeoman of the Boyling House] hath for his fee the strippinges of beefe.
1835 R. Browning Paracelsus v. 180 And now the air is full of up-torn canes, Like strippings from the fan-trees.
1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 315 The layers of gravel passed through by the shafts in reaching the mantas or rich streaks are cast aside as of no value, and the surface of a Mexican placer is covered with heaps of these ‘strippings’.
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 245 Stripping, a web of coal worked off all along the face of a stall.
Compounds
C1. General attributive. (Chiefly technical.)
stripping-acid n.
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1905 P. N. Hasluck Electro-plating 141 The stripping acid is composed of sulphuric acid, nitric acid, and water.
stripping agent n.
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1958 M. G. Larian Fund. Chem. Engin. Operations xiii. 495 In desorption dissolved gases are removed from a liquid by contacting the liquid with a suitable gas (the desorbing or stripping agent), or a volatile liquid is separated from a relatively nonvolatile solvent.
stripping-bath n.
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1886 A. Watt Electro-deposition 252 A stripping-bath [for silver] is first made by pouring a sufficient quantity of strong oil of vitriol into a suitable stoneware vessel... To this must be added a small quantity of either nitrate of potash, or nitrate of soda.
stripping bench n.
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1967 E. Chambers Photolitho-offset v. 51 A stripping bench, layout and lining tables are essential... The former provides the illuminated working surface on which the various images can be positioned.
stripping cement n.
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1967 E. Chambers Photolitho-offset v. 50 With face-up stripping a stripping cement is first applied to the base support.
stripping column n.
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1930 H. S. Bell Amer. Petroleum Refining (ed. 2) xii. 222 If withdrawn as a finished product, the light ends must be removed and this is usually accomplished in a separate small stripping column.
stripping desk n.
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1967 E. Chambers Photolitho-offset v. 55 (caption) Bench-type illuminated stripping desk.
stripping foil n.
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1972 Physics Bull. Mar. 144/3 An aluminium stripping foil of density 40 μg cm−2 was therefore used at the high energy end of the Linac to convert the particles to 14N7+.
stripping-liquid n.
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1846 Mechanics' Mag. 45 260/2 Silversmiths remove silver from copper by immersing the plated article in stripping liquid, made of eight parts sulphuric acid and one part nitrate of potash.
stripping operation n.
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1948 R. R. Karch Graphic Arts Procedures viii. 232 (heading) The stripping operation.
1980 J. R. Walker Graphic Arts Fund. vi. 116/2 (caption) Stripping operations require sharp knives, scissors and brushes for opaquing pinholes.
stripping-solution n.
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1886 A. Watt Electro-deposition 253 A Cold Stripping Solution,..is made by [etc.].
stripping still n.
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1931 Hoffert & Claxton Motor Benzole viii. 225 The function of a modern stripping still is to remove the remaining benzole from the hot oil leaving the preheater.
C2. † stripping law n. Obsolete the ‘art’ of fleecing prisoners as practised by jailers (see quots.).
stripping-bill n. (also stripping-bille) a bladed implement or bill used in besom-making.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > other types of cutting equipment > [noun] > others
ripper1659
Mohock1721
pinking iron1761
stock knife1799
sapper1822
ice plough1830
race knife1832
dresser1860
race-tool1867
pen-maker1875
stone-cutter1875
twinning-machine1875
nail cutter1876
paper cutter1880
guillotine1883
miller1890
flaker1891
undercutter1891
race1904
lino-cutter1907
gang mower1917
go-devil1918
rotary cutter1936
stripping-bill1968
fragmentizer1972
1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts v. 97 The cuttings are prepared for use with chopping and stripping-billes for the coarse and finer work.
1974 P. W. Blandford Country Craft Tools ii. 38 The besom broom maker called his general-purpose tool a ‘chopping bill’ and had a lighter one with more curve to the point called ‘stripping bill’.
stripping-coat n. a coating of solvent used on the edges of double waterproof fabric in order to separate them for making a seam.
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1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 7/2 Such coatings are specially designated ‘stripping-coats’.
stripping-film n. a photographic ‘plate’ having a film which may be separated from its support after exposure.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > plates and films > [noun] > plate > types of
screen plate1843
whole plate1850
quarter-plate1854
wet plate1859
stripping-film1885
gelatin dry plate1890
panchromatic1906
1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 395 Stripping films.
stripping-knife n. (a) (see quot. 1875); (b) a knife used in the stripping of wallpaper or paint from surfaces.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun] > other knives
bollock knifec1400
paring knife1415
spudc1440
pricking-knifec1500
shaving-knife1530–1
by-knifec1570
heading knife1574
stock knife1582
drawing knife1583
bung-knife1592
weeding knife1598
drawing knife1610
heading knife1615
draw knife1679
dressing knife1683
redishing knife1688
mocotaugan1716
skinning knife1767
paper knife1789
draw shave1824
leaf-cutter1828
piece-knife1833
nut-pick1851
relic knife1854
butch1859
straw-knife1862
sportsman's companion1863
ulu1864
skinner1872
hacker1875
over-shave1875
stripping-knife1875
Stanley knife1878
flat-back1888
gauge-knife1888
tine-knife1888
plough1899
band-knife1926
X-Acto1943
shank1953
box cutter1955
ratchet knife1966
ratchet1975
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Stripping-knife, a tool for removing the blades of sorghum from the stalks, previous to grinding.
1927 W. Deeping Kitty xx. 254 I could lend you a plank and a couple of step-ladders, and a stripping-knife.
1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 210/1 A paper-hanger's stripping knife, which is a flat, fairly flexible, steel-bladed knife.
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the mind > possession > loss > taking away > [noun] > fleecing > fleecing prisoners
stripping law1592
1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. D The stripping Lawe, wherein I will lay open the lewde abuses of sundry Iaylors in England.
1592 ‘C. Cony-Catcher’ Def. Conny-catching sig. F2v The stripping law..is the abuse offred by the keepers of Newgate to poore prisoners.
stripping-table n. Electrotyping a heated iron table on which the wax mould is melted away from the copper shell formed on it.
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1904 Electr. World & Engineer 9 Jan. 85 After the cases have been used to make electrotype shells, they are put upon the stripping tables which melt the wax.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
strippingn.2
/ˈstrɪpɪŋ/ a. The action of strip v.3
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > extracting roe
stripping1895
1895 F. M. Halford Making a Fishery 194 Finding that she [the female fish] was not quite ripe for stripping he turned her on to a shallow.
1899 19th Cent. Sept. 399 The ‘stripping’ of the shad by the hatchery officials had only terminated the previous week.
b. concrete (plural) = stroking n. 2.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > dairy farming > [noun] > milking > last drainings
strokings1602
streakings1658
afterings1688
stripping1781
strapping1806
jibbings1824
hind milk1895
1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 97 Stripings, the last part of a cow's milk.
1808 J. C. Curwen Hints Econ. Feeding Stock 145 I was doubtful of the accuracy of my own dairy, which stated a pound of butter to eight quarts of strippings.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 459 That which comes last, the afterings or strippings, as it is commonly called, is much the richer part of new milk.
Compounds
stripping cow n. a cow which is going dry and requires to be ‘stripped’ in milking.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > that gives milk > that is going dry
stropper1707
strop milch cow1781
stripping cow1894
1894 Times 16 Apr. 4/4 Irish store cattle, consisting chiefly of heifers and stripping cows, continue to be imported.
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strippingn.3
: see strip v.4
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1. The action of strip v.4 Additions 2. Also attributive.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > division by cutting > [noun] > cutting into strips or slivers
randing1725
slivering1875
stripping1885
1885 W. L. Carpenter Treat. Manuf. Soap 200 After stripping, the soap is frequently dried somewhat, and it is then passed through the mill.
1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 279/2 They buy the sides of leather, and cut them into ‘strips’ by means of a long straight knife, moved by a treadle or by steam, known as a ‘stripping machine’.
2. The broadcasting of a serial programme daily at the same time. Originally U.S.
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society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [noun] > broadcast of a serial programme
strip1969
stripping1975
1975 Broadcasting 15 Sept. 52/2 It's a day-time series..now sold to over 40 television stations for stripping five days a week.
1987 Daily Tel. 29 July 12/6 ‘Stripping’ is a useful way of trying to make sure that viewers stay with us.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
strippingadj.
/ˈstrɪpɪŋ/ That strips, in senses of the verb.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > stripped or made bare > stripping or making bare
barbing1630
denuding1639
stripping1681
denudatory1845
denudating1849
1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune i. i. 7 Be sure that they be lew'd drunken stripping Whores.
1713 J. Addison in Guardian 27 July 1/2 At a late Meeting of the Stripping-Ladies,..it was resolved for the future to lay the Modesty-piece wholly aside.
1809 M. Titherington Diary in Mem. 91 In the course of Christian experience we pass through such stripping times.
1913 Masefield in Eng. Rev. Dec. 1 Till with a stripping crash the tree goes down.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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ˈstripping
ˈstripping n.3 also attributive.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [adjective] > other types
roan1466
stripping1885
X-Acto1975
1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 279/2 They buy the sides of leather, and cut them into ‘strips’ by means of a long straight knife, moved by a treadle or by steam, known as a ‘stripping machine.’
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