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shumacking

shumacking is the alternative spelling of shumacing.

shumacking is the present participle and gerund of shumac.

Meaning of shumac

Noun

shumac (plural shumacs)

  1. Dated spelling of sumac.
    • In dying a Cotton Gown Black. [...] For a gown, take half a pint of ground shumac and put it into a sieve, and place it in a pan; then pour boiling water on it, and let the shumac water run into the pan; then put in your gown, and let it steep for six hours; [...]1817, William Tucker, “On Dying Cottons, Dresses, Bed-furniture, &c. &c.”, in The Family Dyer and Scourer; being a Complete Treatise on the Whole Art of Cleaning and Dying: […], London: Printed for...

Questions about shumacking

What is shumacking the alternative spelling of?
Shumacking is the alternative spelling of shumacing.

Words near shumacking in the dictionary

  1. shumac
  2. shumaced
  3. shumacing
  4. shumack
  5. shumacked
  6. shumacking
  7. shumacks
  8. shumacs
  9. Shumagin Islands
  10. shumai
  11. shumais

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