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kier | sarah |

As a noun kier

is a bleaching vat.

As a proper noun sarah is

wife of patriarch abraham, mother of isaac.

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 ----

    sarah

    English

    (wikipedia Sarah)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Wife of patriarch Abraham, mother of Isaac.
  • * 1611 — 17:15
  • And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
  • * 1988 Margaret Atwood: Cat's Eye : page 15:
  • I also have two daughters, by now grown up. Their names are Sarah and Anne, good sensible names. - - - I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Also in sensible names for children, because look what happened to Cordelia.

    Synonyms

    * (wife of Abraham): Sarai

    Anagrams

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