Sizing
['saɪzɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Size
(n.) Act of covering or treating with size.
(n.) A weak glue used in various trades; size.
(n.) The act of sorting with respect to size.
(n.) The act of bringing anything to a certain size.
(n.) Food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Size, weak glue.
Typist: Ludwig
Definition
n. a kind of weak glue used as varnish: any gluey substance.—v.t. to cover with size.—adj. Sized having size in its composition.—n. Sī′ziness.—adj. Sī′zy size-like: glutinous.
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Examples
- It consists of a series of silk disks saturated with a sizing of plumbago and well dried. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Or this sizing may be applied to the pulp at the outset of the operation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- When it is desired to give it a smooth, glossy surface, the paper, after its completion, is passed through animal sizing material, and then between drying and smoothing rollers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Instead of helping the specific task of teaching, it prevents the use of ordinary judgment in observing and sizing up the situation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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