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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Blocks (shapes) knitted garments after cleaning: Shrinks or stretches garment by hand until it conforms to original measurements and pins garment to cover of steamtable or back of pressing machine. Applies steam to garment, as it is held in shape, by means of hand valves or foot levers. Measures and records dimensions of garments, using yardstick, cloth tape, or by making perforated outline on paper. Compares cleaned garments with recorded measurements or perforated paper and returns garments that have shrunk or stretched for reprocessing. May hang garments on forms corresponding to desired shape and saturate with steam from nozzle to block garments. May measure customer and record measurements for use in blocking customer's garments. May fold and wrap garments. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 52 45 53 53 45 52 2D 41 4E 44 2D 53 48 41 50 45 52 2C 4B 4E 49 54 54 45 44 47 4F 4F 44 53 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01010010 01000101 01010011 01010011 01000101 01010010 00101101 01000001 01001110 01000100 00101101 01010011 01001000 01000001 01010000 01000101 01010010 00101100 00100000 01001011 01001110 01001001 01010100 01010100 01000101 01000100 00100000 01000111 01001111 01001111 01000100 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P R E S S E R - A N D - S H A P E R ,   K N I T T E D   G O O D S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0052 0045 0053 0053 0045 0052 002D 0041 004E 0044 002D 0053 0048 0041 0050 0045 0052 002C 004B 004E 0049 0054 0054 0045 0044 0047 004F 004F 0044 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5052395353395215354838155342355039521424548435454393824149493853 |
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