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Suint. World English Historical Dictionary

Suint. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1919, rev. 2024. Suint [ad. F. suint, earlier † suing, f. suer to sweat, with an indeterminate suffix.] The natural greasy substance in the wool of sheep, consisting of fatty matter combined with potash salts: called also yolk.

1 1791.  Hamilton, Berthollet’s Dyeing, I. I. II. i. 125. Wool is naturally covered with a kind of grease called suint.

2 1874.  Crookes, Dyeing & Calico-Printing, 84.

3 1875.  Knight, Dict. Mech., 1549/2. In cleansing wool from the suint.

4 1885.  F. H. Bowman, Struct. Wool Fibre, 179. Formerly this suint was looked upon as a kind of soap, because it was soluble in water.

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