Definition of "kier" []

• A bleaching vat. (noun)

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• "In Fig. 5 is shown Mather & Platt's yarn-bleaching kier, which is designed to bleach cotton yarn, either in hanks or in the warp forms, without removing it from the vessel into which it is first placed."
• "Raw echinus (“kier-bang”), saline and tonic, would clear the palate for succeeding delicacies."
• "After leaving the loom each piece is laid separately in the bleaching kier."