kilting

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kilting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Kilting \Kilt"ing\, n. (Dressmaking)
     A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each
     plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the
     preceding one.
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  Kilt \Kilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kilted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Kilting.]
     To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.] --Sir W.
     Scott.
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