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sumaced

sumaced is the simple past and past participle of sumac.

Meaning of sumac

Verb

sumac (third-person singular simple present sumacs, present participle sumacing or sumacking, simple past and past participle sumaced or sumacked)

  1. (transitive) To apply a preparation of sumac to (an object), for example, to a piece of leather to tan it.
    • After this operation, the goods muſt be winched and well planked, or otherwiſe cleaned; they are then, according to the quality of them, to be ſumached, and then ſnitchelled off, and waſhed.1792, [Charles O’Brien], “Of Cleansing Goods, Previous to Maddering, or Boiling Off”, in A Treatise on Calico Printing, Theoretical and Practical: […], volume I, [London]: Printed for C. O’Brien, […]...

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Questions about sumaced

What is sumaced the simple past and past participle of?
Sumaced is the simple past and past participle of sumac.

Words near sumaced in the dictionary

  1. Suma
  2. sumac
  3. sumac wax
  4. sumac waxes
  5. sumacade
  6. sumaced
  7. sumacetamol
  8. sumach
  9. sumached
  10. sumaches
  11. sumaching

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