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Definition of Frilling
1. an arrangement of frills [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frilling
Literary usage of Frilling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of Photography for the Amateur and Professional Photographer by Edward John Wall (1902)
"frilling. By this is meant the gelatine leaving the plates ... The use of formalin
is one of the most complete preventives of frilling. (See FORMALIN. ..."
2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1803)
"... us with an example in the soliloquy of Alexis, who concludes his pathetic
apostrophes with " Ich sic liebe mehr als die biene den frilling liebt. ..."
3. Modern Dry Plates: Or, Emulsion Photography by Josef Maria Eder (1881)
"frilling and expansion of the film are promoted:—1. By coating the plates thickly;
2. When the gelatine absorbs a good deal of water; 3. ..."
4. The science and practice of photography: an elementary textbook on the by John Ransom Roebuck (1918)
"The purpose of the alum which we use regularly in the hypo solution is to harden
the gelatine, so avoiding frilling in the later washing and also in the ..."
5. Photo-micrographs and how to Make Them by George Miller Sternberg (1883)
"... in northern latitudes, the dry plates of some manufacturers require to be
washed with iced water, to prevent the film from peeling off— " frilling. ..."
6. Wilson's Quarter Century in Photography: A Collection of Hints on Practical by Edward Livingston Wilson (1887)
"Boiling for a short time has much the same effect on the gelatine as cooking at
a lower temperature, hence to avoid frilling it is better on the whole not ..."
7. The Geology of the Isle of Man by George William Lamplugh, William Whitehead Watts (1903)
"Shear-cleavage, obscure in the mudstones, but strongly developed as an oblique
serrated frilling in the ..."
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