Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Card-playing.
- noun The process of combing wool, flax, or cotton.
- noun A loose roll of cotton or wool as it comes from a carding-machine: chiefly in the plural.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under
card , v. t. - adjective A roll of wool or other fiber as it comes from the carding machine.
- adjective a machine for carding cotton, wool, or other fiber, by subjecting it to the action of cylinders, or drums covered with wire-toothed cards, revolving nearly in contact with each other, at different rates of speed, or in opposite directions. The staple issues in soft sheets, or in slender rolls called slivers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
card . - noun A piece of
wool rolled by acarder (carding machine).
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Examples
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Jolda feeds raw wool, newly sheared off a sheep, into what she calls her carding contraption.
California Woman Uses Local Cotton, Wool for her Clothes 2010
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Jolda feeds raw wool, newly sheared off a sheep, into what she calls her carding contraption.
California Woman Uses Local Cotton, Wool for her Clothes 2010
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So-called carding websites are providing criminals with online forums to buy and sell stolen identification and financial information.
Bill Singer: Caught in the Spider's Web: Online Financial Identity Theft 2010
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The wool of commerce is divided into three great classes: (1) Short wool or clothing wool (also called carding wool), seldom exceeding a length of two to four inches; (2) long wool or combing wool, varying from four to ten inches; (3) carpet and knitting wools, which are long, strong, and very coarse.
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While it's not uncommon for cybercriminals to try to cheat each other, login data associated with online services from Facebook to Internet banks is regularly bought and sold on Web forums known as carding sites.
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While it's not uncommon for cybercriminals to try to cheat each other, login data associated with online services from Facebook to Internet banks is regularly bought and sold on Web forums known as carding sites.
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While it's not uncommon for cybercriminals to try to cheat each other, login data associated with online services from Facebook to Internet banks is regularly bought and sold on Web forums known as carding sites.
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While it's not uncommon for cybercriminals to try to cheat each other, login data associated with online services from Facebook to Internet banks is regularly bought and sold on Web forums known as carding sites.
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While it's not uncommon for cybercriminals to try to cheat each other, login data associated with online services from Facebook to Internet banks is regularly bought and sold on Web forums known as carding sites.
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While it's not uncommon for cybercriminals to try to cheat each other, login data associated with online services from Facebook to Internet banks is regularly bought and sold on Web forums known as carding sites.
alexz commented on the word carding
stealing, forging, copying, credit cards and data for fraudulent use.
May 3, 2015
alexz commented on the word carding
Where the police pull aside people and request their identity.
October 29, 2015