NAPPER TENDER

Domain	Definition
Occupations	Tends machine that raises fibers on surface of cloth to give cloth soft, fluffy texture: Positions truck of folded cloth at entry end of machine or mounts roll of cloth on machine brackets. Sews cloth to leader in napper with surface to be napped contacting napping cylinder. Feeds each lot of cloth through machine for specified number of nappings. Examines and feels cloth to determine that finish conforms to standards. Ravels seams between cloth lots and doffs machine. May mark lot numbers on cloth with crayon. May turn handwheels to change machine speed and adjust cloth tension according to texture of cloth. May be designated according to type of material napped as Silk Brusher (textile); Sueding-Machine Tender (textile). (references)
	Tends machine that raises nap on socks to produce woolly appearance: Starts machine and feeds socks into rollers that automatically position socks under revolving wire-covered cylinder for brushing. Removes napped socks from machine. Examines socks to determine if nap has been raised according to specifications and notifies fixer of machine malfunction. May turn handwheel to adjust height of cylinder according to sock thickness. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: NAPPER TENDER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-n-n-p-p-r-r-t"
	-2 letters: perennated.
	-3 letters: entrapped, partnered, perennate, pretender, repapered, trepanned.
	-4 letters: dapperer, departee, endpaper, neatened, panderer, parented, pennated, prepared, pretaped, reearned, repartee, repeated, repeater, repented, repenter, repetend, rerepeat, tenderer.
	-5 letters: adepter, entered, enterer, papered, paperer, pardner, partner, pearter, pendant, pendent, pennate, pentane, pentene, perpend, perpent, petered, predate, preened, preener, prepare, pretape, preteen, pretend, reenter, repaper, retaped.
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