preeming

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noun

The task of cleaning the teasel-rods and handles in cloth manufacture.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of preem
nounpreeming (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountableThe task of cleaning the teasel-rods and handles in cloth manufacture.

    After the preeming period, the lads are put either to the gig-machines, or to the lewises in the cutting or shearing-room.

    1835, Andrew Ure, The philosophy of manufactures, page 203
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