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 carding
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 Card, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Carded; p. pr. & vb. n. Carding.] To play at cards; to game.

 Card·ing a.
 1. The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under Card, v. t.
 2. A roll of wool or other fiber as it comes from the carding machine.
 Carding engine, Carding machine, a machine for carding cotton, wool, or other fiber, by subjecting it to the action of cylinders, or drums covered with wire-toothed cards, revolving nearly in contact with each other, at different rates of speed, or in opposite directions.  The staple issues in soft sheets, or in slender rolls called slivers.
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