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carding
In yarn production, a process of separating individual fibers and causing many of them to lie parallel, and also removing most of the remaining impurities. Cotton, wool, waste silk, and man-made staple are subjected to carding. Carding produces a thin sheet of uniform thickness that is then condensed to form a thick, continuous, untwisted strand called sliver. When very fine yarns are desired, carding is followed by combing, a process that removes short fibers, leaving a sliver composed entirely of long fibers, all laid parallel, and both smoother and more lustrous than uncombed types. Carded and combed sliver is then spun.


carriage
Four-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle, mainly for private passenger use. It was the final refinement of the horse-drawn passenger conveyance, having developed from the wagon, chariot, and coach. Light carriages with enhanced suspension for added comfort had been developed by the 17th cent. A variety of carriages were common in the 19th cent., incl. the brougham and the buggy. Carriage manufacturers provided the very similar early designs for automobile bodies (see F. Fisher).


herring
Either the Atlantic or the Pacific subspecies of Clupea harengus (once considered two separate species), slab-sided, N fishes that are small-headed and streamlined, with silvery iridescent sides and a deep-blue, metallic-hued back. The name also refers to some other members of the family Clupeidae. Adults range in length from 8 to 15 in. (20-38 cm). One of the most abundant species of fish, herring travel in enormous schools. They eat planktonic crustaceans and fish larvae. In Europe they are processed and sold as kippered herring; in E Canada and the NE U.S., most of the herring used are young fishes canned as sardines. Herring taken in the Pacific are used mainly to make fish oil and meal.


Jhering
German legal scholar. Born in Hanover, he taught law at the Univs. of Vienna (1868-72) and Gö ttingen (1872-92). He examined the relationship between law and social change in Geist des rö mischen Rechts (1852-65; "The Spirit of Roman Law") and between individual and social interests in Der Zweck im Recht (1877-83; "Law as a Means to an End"). He is sometimes called the father of sociological jurisprudence.


karting
Driving and racing miniature, skeleton-frame, rear-engine automobiles called karts or GoKarts. The sport originated in the U.S. in the 1950s after the first kart had been assembled from unwanted lawn-mower parts. It thereafter developed into an international sport in Europe. Speeds of 100 mph (160 kph) are not uncommon.


marriage
Legally and socially sanctioned union between, usually, a man and one or more women that accords status to their offspring and is regulated by laws, rules, customs, beliefs, and attitudes that prescribe the rights and duties of the partners. The universality of marriage is attributed to the ...

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