willowingn.
/ˈwɪləʊɪŋ/ = willying n. at willy n.1 Derivatives.
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1851 L. D. B. Gordon in Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. p. iv**/1 A scutching machine, so arranged that the preliminary process of willowing is performed within it.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Willowing-machine...2. (Cotton.).. Called also twilly, shake-willy, willow, willy, willey, devil, opening-machine.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 339/2 The willowing or willying process, which opens and disentangles the locks of wool.
1891 R. Marsden Cotton Spinning (ed. 4) 82.
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