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Bier vs Kier - What's the difference?

bier | kier |

As nouns the difference between bier and kier

is that bier is a litter to transport the corpse of a dead person while kier is a bleaching vat.

bier

English

(wikipedia bier)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
  • * 1602 : , act IV scene 5
    • They bore him bare-faced on the bier
  • a platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
  • A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.
    • (Knight)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    kier

    English

    Alternative forms

    * keir

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bleaching vat.
  • * 1934 , Harry Bennett, Two Thousand Formulas, Recipes & Trade Secrets: The Classic “Do-It-Yourself” Book of Practical Everyday Chemistry , page 265,
    • The oil is added to the saturated liquor, which is afterwards introduced into the kier . There is no change required in the bleaching operation.
  • * 1999 , Samir Ranjan Karmakar, Chemical Technology In The Pre-Treatment Processes Of Textiles , Elsevier, page 65,
    • The traditional sequence of pre-treatment is shortened by single stage bleaching, where kiers are still in use.
  • * 2007 , Sarah Tarlow, The Archaeology of Improvement in Britain, 1750-1850 , Cambridge University Press, page 166,
    • Inside the typically long, narrow bleaching crofts were cisterns for bleaching cotton yarn, now represented by sunken stone tanks, and sealed vats called ‘kiers'’ for bleaching cloth. The ' kiers would have been two storeys high and made of metal, but now all that remains are the footings and brackets that show where they once stood (2004: 99).

    Synonyms

    * keeve ----