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Definition of Reeling
1. sustained noise [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reeling
Literary usage of Reeling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Silk Growers Guide: Or, The Art of Raising the Mulberry and by William Kenrick (1839)
"reeling. L\ silk countries, an establishment for reeling is called a filature
... If the reeling has been but indifferently performed, the silk may not sell ..."
2. The Silk Industry in America: A History: Prepared for the Centennial Exposition by Linus Pierpont Brockett (1876)
"reeling, Throwing and Dyeing. various processes which silk undergoes in its
transformation ... The first process is reeling, an art which seems very simple, ..."
3. Silk Throwing and Waste Silk Spinning by Hollins Rayner (1903)
"reeling is a very simple but tedious process, and, on account of the silk ...
Cocoon reeling machine. t which the cocoon ends are passed to gather them into ..."
4. Kashmir: Its New Silk Industry: With Some Account of Its Natural History by Thomas Wardle (1904)
"PURCHASE OF COCOON-reeling MACHINERY. ... We spent an exhaustive day there,
inspecting machinery in various stages for reeling cocoons. ..."
5. A Manual Containing Information Respecting the Growth of the Mulberry Tree by Jonathan Holmes Cobb (1839)
"reeling AND MANUFACTURING SILK. THOSE who do not choose to proceed any farther in
... The art of reeling was formerly carried on to considerable extent in ..."
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