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CUITE [2 records]

Record 1 2010-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Sugar Industry
CONT

Methods for making sugar paste have changed little over the centuries. No boiling of syrup is involved; it is a simple mixture of powdered sugar kneaded with soaked gum arabic or gum tragacanth (often misspelt as dragant, or corrupted to dragon) to bind it into a malleable mass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
DEF

En sucrerie, évaporation sous pression réduite des sirops sortant du multiple-effet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria alimentaria
  • Industria azucarera
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Record 2 2000-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Silk (Textiles)
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
DEF

degumming: The removal of sericin ( silk gum) from silk yarns or fabrics, or from silk waste prior to spinning, by a controlled, hot, mildly alkaline treatment intended to have little effect on the underlying fibroin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Soieries
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
DEF

Opération qui a pour but d'éliminer le grès des fils et des tissus de soie grège. [...] Ce traitement se pratique sur les fils de soie en écheveaux, et, suivant son intensité, il produit la soie mi-cuite, la soie cuite et la soie souple.

Key term(s)
  • décrayage
  • cuite

Spanish

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