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Gig-mill - Wikipedia
A gig-mill (gigging machine, napping machine) was a type of raising machine that used teasels to produce a nap on cloth. Examples of the results of gigging ...
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GIG MILL Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
noun 1. gig sense 1b 2. a textile mill using gigs Word History Etymology gig entry 1 The Ultimate Dictionary Awaits
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GIG MILL definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
a combining form meaning “billion,” used in the formation of compound words. gigabyte. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
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gig-mill
gig-mill [f. gig n.1 + mill.] a. A machine for raising a nap on cloth by the use of teazles or wire-cards. b. A building in which such machines are used.1551–2 Act 5 & 6 Edw. VI, c. 22 Milles called Gigge Milles, for the perchinge and burlinge of Clothe. 1556 Lease in Jeanes Catal. Berkeley Chart. (...
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gig-mill - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
A machine used to bring up a nap on certain types of cloth, or a building housing such machines.
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gig-mill, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun gig-mill is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for gig-mill is from around 1551–2, ...
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GIG MILL Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
gig. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of gig mill. First recorded in 1545–55. Advertisement. Word of the Day. August 20, 2025. etiolate. [ ...
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Gig-mill Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary
Gig-mill definition: A machine used to bring up a nap on certain types of cloth, or a building housing such machines.
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napping machine, gig mill - National Museum of American History
napping machine, gig mill. Patent Date: 1857-02-24. Inventor: Gessner, Ernst. Location: Currently not on view. Associated Place: Germany: Saxony, Aue.
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Gig Mill Primary School - Home
Gig Mill strives to provide the best possible education for your child. An education where each child feels valued, cared for and motivated to achieve their ...
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Gig
Gig Ryan (born 1956), Australian poet born Elizabeth Anne Martina Ryan
Gig Young (1913–1978), American actor born Byron Elsworth Barr
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gigg by geoul
▪ I. gig, n.1 (gɪg) Forms: 3–8 gigg(e, 4–5 gygge, (6 ghyg), 6– gig. [Perh. onomatopœic; the identity of the word in all senses is very doubtful.] I. Something that whirls. † 1. A whipping-top. Obs.c 1440 [see whirligig]. 1570 Billingsley Euclid xi. def. xvi. 317 This solide [Cone] of many is called ...
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Nap (fabric)
See also
Beaver (cloth)
Gig-mill
Falding
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Textiles
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moze
moze, v. (məʊz) In 6 moise, 7 mose. [Perh. a derivative of moss n.1 (in the sense of ‘nap’: cf. moss n.1 5).] trans. To gig (cloth); to subject to the operation of a gig-mill. Hence ˈmozing vbl. n.1505–6 Corporation Minutes York IX. 32 (MS.) To crop and moise every suche clothe. 1633 Proclam. in Rym...
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Beaver cloth
See also
Swansdown
Nap (fabric)
Gig-mill
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Woven fabrics
Waulked textiles
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