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gilling

/gil-ing/US // ˈgɪl ɪŋ //

纪林,纪灵,纪凌云,纪凌尘

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Textiles.

    • : the process of attenuating worsted fibers and making them parallel by using a gill box while combing.

Examples

  • In scenery of this character stands Gilling Castle, the seat of the Fairfaxes for some three centuries.

  • The principle of gilling is to comb the fibers more and more nearly parallel and to draw them out into more even strands.

  • Follow the gilling by the operation of combing, which you will do by combing again, this time with a fine comb.

  • Gilling, who was unable to swim, was drowned, but the dwarfs righted the boat again and rowed ashore.

  • The dean greeted him with something almost like confusion in his cordiality; he introduced his companion as the Rev. Mr. Gilling.