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Gassing   /gˈæsɪŋ/   Listen
Gassing

noun
1.
The process of interacting with gas.
2.
The deliberate act of poisoning some person or animal with gas.






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"Gassing" Quotes from Famous Books



... often mixed with them to produce cheaper goods. You would be amazed to see how ingenious manufacturers have become in turning out such imitations. Cotton, for example, is mercerized by passing it very rapidly through a gassing machine not unlike the flame of a Bunsen burner. Here all the fuzz protruding from it is burned away, and when polished and finished it looks so much like silk you would have trouble in telling whether it was or not. This sort of yarn is used to make imitation ...
— Carl and the Cotton Gin • Sara Ware Bassett



Words linked to "Gassing" :   chemical change, poisoning, gas, chemical process, chemical action



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