secretage

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secretage (uncountable)

  1. A process in which mercury, or some of its salts, is employed to impart the property of felting to certain kinds of furs.
    • 1836, Andrew Ure, The Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain:
      This defect in the straight filaments he supposed to be removed by secretage, or the application of a solution of nitrate of mercury to the tips of the fur on the skin , which caused these to curl

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