Bucking-Keir
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A short dictionary entry describing the bucking-keir, a heated vessel used in cotton and linen manufacture to cleanse cloth of dirt and grease from spinning and weaving. The cloth is boiled with lime, and steam pressure raises water through a central column to spray over the goods. An illustration shows two circular wooden keirs in a shed.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
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- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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