| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 434 pages
...England. It ¡ь of ungular ufe in railing the knap »pon woollen cloth. For this purpufe, the heads are fixed round the circumference of a large broad wheel, which is made to turn round, and the cloth IP held agamll them. In the weft ot England, great quantities of the plant are cultivated for the ufe... | |
| William Withering - 1801 - 476 pages
...employ the heads with crooked awns to raise the knap upon woollen cloths. For this purpose they are fixed round the circumference of a large broad wheel,...which is made to turn round, and the cloth is held againlt them. The plant flowers in June and July, and the heads are collected in August. S. Blossoms... | |
| Bernard M'Mahon - 1806 - 746 pages
...upon the heads ; which in the •wild sort, are not cufficiently hooked. For this purpose they are fixed round the circumference of a large broad wheel,...turn round, and the cloth is held against them. The heads are collected in August, as soon as they begin to turn brown, and exposed daily to the sun, till... | |
| Bernard M'Mahon - 1806 - 686 pages
...awns upon the heads ; which in the wild sort, are not difficlently hooked. For this purpose they are fixed round the circumference of a large broad wheel,...turn round, and the cloth is held against them. The heads are collected in August, as soon as they begin to turn brown, and exposed daily to the sun, till... | |
| Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 782 pages
...England. It is ot fingular Hie in railing the knap upon woollen cloth. For this purpofe, the heads are fixed round the circumference of a large broad wheel, which is made to-turn round, and the cloth is held againft them. In the weft of':England, great quantities of the... | |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 816 pages
...employ the heads with crooked awns, to raife the knap upon woollen cloths. For this purpofe they are fixed round the circumference of a large broad wheel,...which is made to turn round, and the cloth is held againft them. The plant flowers in June and July, and the heads are collefled in Auguft. It is fometimes... | |
| Stephen Reynolds Clarke - 1822 - 534 pages
...to raise the knap upon woollen cloths ; for this purpose they are fixed round the circumference of a wheel, which is made to turn round, and the cloth is held against them. The water contained in the basin of the leaves was once believed to cure warts. in. SCABIO'SA, perhaps... | |
| 1823 - 888 pages
...woollen cloths. For this purpose they are fixed round the circumference of a large broad wheel, which ¡a made to turn round, and the cloth is held against...plant flowers in June and July, and the heads are ' collected in August. It is sometimes sown along with caraway and coriander; by which means three... | |
| Thomas Green Fessenden - 1828 - 322 pages
...are said to be less hooked. For this purpose they are fixed round the circumference of a cylinder, which is made to turn round, and the cloth is held against them. For a more detailed account of the culture of this plant, see Encyc. of Agr. p. 852, JV. E. Farmer,... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 pages
...England. It is of singular use in raising the knap upon woollen cloth. For this purpose the heads are fixed round the circumference of a large broad wheel,...to turn round, and the cloth is held against them. In the west of England, great quantities of the plant are cultivated for this use. It is propagated... | |
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