Definition of Slubbings

1. slubbing [n] - See also: slubbing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slubbings

sloyd
sloyds
slub
slubb
slubbed
slubber
slubberdegullion
slubberdegullions
slubbered
slubbering
slubberingly
slubbers
slubbier
slubbiest
slubbing
slubbings
slubbs
slubby
slubs
slud
sludge metal
sludgecore
sludged
sludged blood
sludgelike
sludges
sludgier
sludgiest
sludgily

Literary usage of Slubbings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"The wire 8, regulates the winding-on of the whole series of slubbings at once, and receives its proper angle of depression for this purpose from the ..."

2. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1853)
"In winding up the slubbings, the operative must take care to push ... In general, however, no more twist should be given to the slubbings than is ..."

3. The London Journal of Arts and Sciences by William Newton (1837)
"These roving frames, and the subsequent" spinning machinery, are generally fed or supplied with bands of fibres, of cotton slubbings, or rovings wound upon ..."

4. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress by William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington (1852)
"The bleached, dyed, or printed slubbings, having been thus produced, may be worked into rovings and spun into yarn, after the usual manner, ..."

5. The London Journal of Arts and Sciences, and Repertory of Patent Inventions by William Newton (1837)
"These roving frames, and the subsequent" spinning machinery, are generally fed or supplied with bands of fibres, of cotton slubbings, or rovings wound upon ..."

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