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 a carder (carding machine).

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