smocking
(noun) embroidery consisting of ornamental needlework on a garment that is made by gathering the cloth tightly in stitches
Source: WordNet® 3.1
smocking (countable and uncountable, plural smockings)
(sewing) An embroidery technique in which the fabric is gathered and then embroidered with decorative stitches to hold the gathers in place; the product of the use of this embroidery technique.
smocking
present participle of smock
• mockings
Source: Wiktionary
Smock, n. Etym: [AS. smoc; akin to OHG. smocho, Icel. smokkr, and from the root of AS. sm to creep, akin to G. schmiegen to cling to, press close. MHG. smiegen, Icel. smj to creep through, to put on a garment which has a hole to put the head through; cf. Lith. smukti to glide. Cf. Smug, Smuggle.]
1. A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise. In her smock, with head and foot all bare. Chaucer.
2. A blouse; a smoock frock. Carlyle.
Smock, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman. Smock mill, a windmill of which only the cap turns round to meet the wind, in distinction from a post mill, whose whole building turns on a post.
– Smock race, a race run by women for the prize of a smock. [Prov. Eng.]
Smock, v. t.
Definition: To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 May 2025
(noun) a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
