kier
See also: Kier
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Norse ker (whence also Icelandic ker (“tub”)).
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- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
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kier (plural kiers)
- 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).
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Noun edit
kier m or f (plural kieren, diminutive kiertje n)
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Livonian edit
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- (Courland) kīerõ
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *keerdäk.
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kier
Luxembourgish edit
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kier
Papiamentu edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese querer and Spanish querer and Kabuverdianu kré.
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kier
Polish edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from French cœur (“heart”).
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kier m animal
- (card games) heart (a suit of cards)
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Declension of kier
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Suits in Polish · kolor (layout · text) | |||
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kier | karo | pik | trefl |
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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kier f
Etymology 3 edit
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kier m animacy unattested
- Middle Polish form of kir
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Attested forms of kier