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sumacking

sumacking is the present participle and gerund 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 sumacking

What is sumacking the present participle and gerund of?
Sumacking is the present participle and gerund of sumac.

Words near sumacking in the dictionary

  1. sumaching
  2. sumachs
  3. sumacing
  4. sumack
  5. sumacked
  6. sumacking
  7. sumacks
  8. sumacs
  9. Sumadel
  10. Sumadija
  11. Sumag Este

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