Dressing
The preparatory finishing and fashioning which a loam-mould receives before the final blackening takes place. The mould is moistened with water, dressed with chinsing-sticks, and finished with the requisite tools See FINISHING.
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The preparatory finishing and fashioning which a loam-mould receives before the final blackening takes place. The mould is moistened with water, dressed with chinsing-sticks, and finished with the requisite tools See FINISHING.