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Keir vs Kier - What's the difference?

keir | kier | Alternative forms |

Kier is a alternative form of keir.



As nouns the difference between keir and kier

is that keir is alternative form of kier while kier is a bleaching vat.

keir

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * 1902 , , Sessional Papers , Volume 34, Part 2, page 7,
    • The keirs , becks, washing machines, etc., are placed sufficiently low to allow of being fed from the water supply by gravitation, and the outlets placed just sufficiently high to reach the water line of the river a little above its normal flow.
  • * 1919 , Society of Dyers and Colourists, Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists , Volume 35, page 35,
    • Also fine clothes require longer treatment in the keir in order to secure good penetration by the chemie.
  • * 1975 , Owen Ashmore, The Industrial Archaeology of Stockport , page 31,
    • The cloth was singed to remove superfluous fluff by being passed over heated copper plates and then boiled in bleaching keirs with lime or caustic soda.

    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 ----