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Strip′ping.


1. (Carding.) The operation of cleaning or removing the short fibers from between the teeth of the various cylinders and top flats.

Some machines are self-stripping; every other flat being moved in one motion of the stripping mechanism, the second motion taking the alternate flats.


2. (File-making.) The process of cross-filing and then draw-filing file blanks to prepare them for grinding or cutting.

3. Removing the wings of the tobacco leaf from the stems. The wings are piled and pressed, and form a book.

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