Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A natural grease formed from dried perspiration found in the fleece of sheep, formerly used as a source of potash.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The natural grease of wool, consisting of insoluble soapy matter combined with a soluble salt containing from 15 to 33 per cent. of potash, which may be extracted commercially from the wool-washings.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A peculiar substance obtained from the wool of sheep, consisting largely of potash mixed with fatty and earthy matters. It is used as a source of potash and also for the manufacture of gas.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry, dated A substance obtained from the
wool ofsheep , consisting largely ofpotash mixed withfatty andearthy matters.
Etymologies
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Examples
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First there is a small quantity of dirt; there is what is called the suint, a kind of soapy matter, which can be removed by washing in hot water.
The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Franklin Beech
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This, again, is not wholly a new process, for various attempts have been made to dissolve out the yolk, or _suint_, or greasy matter from unwashed wool, as it comes from the back of the sheep.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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By this method all the wool fat, suint, etc., of the wool find their way into the soap liquors.
The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Franklin Beech
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The wool suint consists largely of the potash soaps of oleic and stearic acids.
The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Franklin Beech
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It has not the composition of ordinary _suint_, inasmuch as it contains no carbonate of potash, and indeed little mineral matter of any kind.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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Wool in its unwashed state contains a considerable proportion of what is termed _suint_.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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Maumene and Rogelet patented the use of the water in which wool has been washed as a source of potash, and at present the extraction of potash from _suint_ is practiced in France on a large scale.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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And this estimate does not include the fats of the _suint_, which are worth an even greater sum.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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This _suint_ contains always about 52 per cent. of residue when ignited.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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It is easily seen that _suint_ forms a very important constituent of raw wool.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
hernesheir commented on the word suint
Natural grease formed from dried perspiration found in the fleece of sheep, used as a source of potash.
February 20, 2010
mollusque commented on the word suint
I undressed and laid my outer clothes near the fire as well. They produced the scorched odors of woods and suint that mixed with those of the priest.
--Philippe Claudel, 2007, By a Slow River, p. 110
August 6, 2010