Definition of Suint. Meaning of Suint. Synonyms of Suint

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Definition of Suint

Suint
Suint Su"int, n. [F.] (Chem.) A peculiar substance obtained from the wool of sheep, consisting largely of potash mixed with fatty and earthy matters. It is used as a source of potash and also for the manufacture of gas.

Meaning of Suint from wikipedia

- Scouring is the process of cleaning wool that makes it free from grease, suint (residue from perspiration), dead skin and dirt and vegetable matter present...
- impurities; vegetable matter, sand, dirt and yolk which is a mixture of suint (sweat), grease, urine stains and dung locks. The sheep's body yields many...
- special wool scouring detergent to remove dirt, wool grease (crude lanolin), suint (sweat salts), and anything else stuck to the wool. The wool grease is continuously...
- Wool impurities Type of impurity In Merino In crossbreed Dirt or soil 19% 8% Grease 16% 11% Suint 6% 8%...
- "night", pluie "rain", suite "continuation" /ɥɛ̃/ [y̯ɛ̃] as in juin "June", suint "ooze (tar)" Semivowels /wi/ as in oui "yes" /jɛ̃/ as in lien "bond" /jɛ/...
- chiefly used to make blankets and which still retained its lanolin and suint (sweat), and which could repel water, on the one hand, but which left an...
- suicide, tui, Inuit, Hinduism /aɪ/ duiker, /ə/ circuitry /wɪ/ cuisine, suint /wiː/ suite, ennui, tuille /uːaɪ/ sui generis /weɪ/ feng s**** uu /juə/ continuum...
- carding mill. When the wool is obtained from fleeces, knitters remove the suint by leaving them out in the rain to soften and then pulling the wool out...
- chiefly used to make blankets and which still retained its lanolin and suint (sweat), and which could repel water, on the one hand, but which left an...
- "sooty") suint "grease" suinter "to ooze" ( < OFr suiter < Frk *switan "to sweat" < Gmc, cf OHG suizan "to sweat", Dut sweeten "to sweat") suint suintement...