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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Felt  grain  \Felt  grain\,  the  grain  of  timber  which  is  transverse 
  to  the  annular  rings  or  plates;  the  direction  of  the 
  medullary  rays  in  oak  and  some  other  timber.  --Knight.  Felt 
  \Felt\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Felted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Felting}.] 
  1.  To  make  into  felt,  or  a  feltike  substance;  to  cause  to 
  adhere  and  mat  together.  --Sir  M.  Hale. 
 
  2.  To  cover  with  or  as  with  felt;  as  to  felt  the  cylinder 
  of  a  steam  emgine. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Felting  \Felt"ing\,  n. 
  1.  The  material  of  which  felt  is  made  also  felted  cloth; 
  also  the  process  by  which  it  is  made 
 
  2.  The  act  of  splitting  timber  by  the  felt  grain. 




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