Word Finder - felts

definition

To make into felt, or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.

definition

To cover with, or as if with, felt.

example

to felt the cylinder of a steam engine

definition

To cause a player to lose all their chips.

They also make felts and a rough cloth of sheep's wool.

Carpets (especially at Shusha), silk, cotton and woollen goods, felts and fur cloaks are made, and small arms in Daghestan and at Tiflis, Nukha and Sukhumkaleh; silversmiths' work at Tiflis, Akhaltsikh and Kutais; pottery at Elisavetpol and Shusha; leather shoe-making at Alexandropol, Nukha, Elisavetpol, Shusha and Tiflis; saddlery at Sukhum-kaleh and Ochemchiri on the Black Sea and at Temirkhan-shura in Daghestan; and copper work at Derbent and Alexandropol.

There are deer, called taruco (Cervus antisensis); the viscacha, a large rodent; a species of fox called atoc; and the puma (Felts concolor) and ucumari or black bear with a white muzzle, when driven by hunger, wander into the loftier regions.

Other manufactures consist of a strong coarse cotton cloth called kham (which forms the dress of the common people, and for winter wear is padded with cotton and quilted), boots and shoes, saddlery, felts, furs and sheepskins made up into cloaks, and various articles of domestic use.

The blood is converted into clarifying material, the entrails are used for sausage coverings, the hoofs and small bones furnish the raw material for the manufacture of glue, the large bones are carved into knife handles, and the horns into combs, the fats are made to yield butterine, lard and soap, and the hides and hair are used in the manufacture of mattresses and felts.

Herat and Kandahar are famous for their silks, although a large proportion of the manufactured silk found on the Herat market, as well as many of the felts, carpets and embroideries, are brought from the Central Asian khanates.

Opium in large quantities is produced in its vicinity and forms the staple article of its commerce; and there are, besides, manufactures of black felts, carpets, arms and saddlery.

A considerable amount of trade is done in the export of wool, hides, cotton, carpets, silks, felts, cereals (wheat, barley, maize, rice), sheep, fruit and vegetables, and in tea, silver, porcelain and opium imported from China, cloth and groceries from India, and cloth, cottons, silks, sugar, matches and leather from West Turkestan and Russia.

Some instruments may have felts fitted instead of cork.

By contrast, the market for high performance felts is likely to be European.

It appears that significant increases in the price of traditional felts would be needed before substantial switching would occur.

Plastic floor tiles, cushion flooring, roofing felts, ropes, and blankets can also contain asbestos.

The bell key guard was a single unit, and there was no provision made for adjusting the height of the bumper felts.

Even today the finest woolen fabrics, used for billiards tables, piano felts and Guardsmen's tunics are finished using natural teasels.

Keep felts squares and pipe cleaners handy for advanced Thanksgiving kids crafts.