waulk

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waulk englanniksi

  1. to make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.

  2. {{quote-book|en|year=1900|author=Alexander Carmichael|title=Carmina Gadelica|volume=1|pageurl=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cOcMAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA310&dq=%22waulks%22%7C%22waulks%22%7C%22waulking%22%7C%22waulked%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiU5ObK04bWAhXEF5QKHQ2pCG4Q6AEIZTAMv=onepage&q=%22waulks%22%7C%22waulks%22%7C%22waulking%22%7C%22waulked%22&f=false|page=310

  3. 1992, (w), ''(w)'', (w) (Arrow Books), page 590,

  4. I hid a smile at the mention of wool waulking. Alone among the Highland farms, I was sure, the women of Lailybroch waulked their wool not only to the old traditional chants but also to the rhythms of Moliére and Piron.
  5. {{quote-book|en|year=2013|author=Marek Korczynski; Michael Pickering; Emma Robertson|title=Rhythms of Labour: Music at Work in Britain|pageurl=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Es5B3d9Rf7IC&pg=PA97&dq=%22waulks%22%7C%22waulks%22%7C%22waulking%22%7C%22waulked%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiU5ObK04bWAhXEF5QKHQ2pCG4Q6AEIXTALv=onepage&q=%22waulks%22%7C%22waulks%22%7C%22waulking%22%7C%22waulked%22&f=false|page=97|publisher=Cambridge University Press

  6. to full (cloth)

  7. (of cloth) to shrink from moisture