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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Card \Card\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Carded}; p. pr & vb n. {Carding}.] To play at cards; to game. --Johnson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Carding \Card"ing\, a. 1. The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it See the Note under {Card}, v. t. 2. A roll of wool or other fiber as it comes from the carding machine. {Carding engine}, {Carding machine}, a machine for carding cotton, wool, or other fiber, by subjecting it to the action of cylinders, or drum covered with wire-toothed cards, revoling nearly in contact with each other at different rates of speed, or in opposite directions. The staple issues in soft sheets, or in slender rolls called sivers.
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