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bleeding [′blēd·iŋ] (chemical engineering) The undesirable movement of certain components of a plastic material to the surface of a finished article. Also known as migration. (engineering) Natural separation of a liquid from a liquid-solid or semisolid mixture; for example, separation of oil from a stored lubricating grease, or water from freshly poured concrete. Also known as bleedout. (materials) The outward penetration of a coloring agent from a substrate through the surface coat of paint. The movement of grout through a pavement from below a road surfacing material to the outer surface. (textiles) Referring to a fabric in which the dye is not fast and therefore comes out when the fabric is wet. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| "Then thou art a happy man," said the Dishonest Gain, "and thy bleeding head is but mere dissembling. As he came near, the Lion put out his paw, which was all swollen and bleeding, and Androcles found that a huge thorn had got into it, and was causing all the pain. And upon the scene came Dag Daughtry, to behold his captain, frayed and bleeding and breathing apoplectically, Michael raging in ghastly silence at the end of a mop, and a large Persian mother-cat writhing with a broken back. |
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