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Carding

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card⋅ing

  [kahr-ding]
–noun
the process in which fibers, as cotton, worsted, or wool, are manipulated into sliver form prior to spinning.
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Origin:
1425–75; late ME. See card 2 , -ing 1

card

1  [kahrd]
–noun
1. a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card.
2. one of a set of thin pieces of cardboard with spots, figures, etc., used in playing various games; playing card.
3. cards, (usually used with a singular verb)
a. a game or games played with such a set.
b. the playing of such a game: to win at cards.
c. Casino. the winning of 27 cards or more.
d. Whist. tricks won in excess of six.
4. Also called greeting card. a piece of paper or thin cardboard, usually folded, printed with a message of holiday greeting, congratulations, or other sentiment, often with an illustration or decorations, for mailing to a person on an appropriate occasion.
5. something useful in attaining an objective, as a course of action or position of strength, comparable to a high card held in a game: If negotiation fails, we still have another card to play.
6. postcard.
7. calling card (def. 1).
8. Commerce.
a. credit card.
b. bank card.
9. a program of the events at races, boxing matches, etc.
10. scorecard.
11. a menu or wine list.
12. compass card.
13. Computers.
a. punch card.
b. board (def. 14a).
14. trading card.
15. Informal.
a. a person who is amusing or facetious.
b. any person, esp. one with some indicated characteristic: a queer card.
–verb (used with object)
16. to provide with a card.
17. to fasten on a card.
18. to write, list, etc., on cards.
19. Slang. to examine the identity card or papers of: The bartender was carding all youthful customers to be sure they were of legal drinking age.
—Idioms
20. in or on the cards, impending or likely; probable: A reorganization is in the cards.
21. play one's cards right, to act cleverly, sensibly, or cautiously: If you play your cards right, you may get mentioned in her will.
22. put one's cards on the table, to be completely straightforward and open; conceal nothing: He always believed in putting his cards on the table.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME carde, unexplained var. of carte

card

2  [kahrd]
–noun Also called carding machine.
1. a machine for combing and paralleling fibers of cotton, flax, wool, etc., prior to spinning to remove short, undesirable fibers and produce a sliver.
2. a similar implement for raising the nap on cloth.
–verb (used with object)
3. to dress (wool or the like) with a card.
—Idiom
4. card out, Printing. to add extra space between lines of text, so as to fill out a page or column or give the text a better appearance.
Origin:
1325–75; ME carde < MF: lit., teasel head < LL cardus thistle, var. of L carduus

Related forms:
carder, noun
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card 1   (kärd)   
n.  

  1. A flat, usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, cardboard, or plastic, especially:

    1. One of a set or pack bearing significant numbers, symbols, or figures, used in games and in divination.

    2. A greeting card.

    3. A post card.

    4. One bearing a person's name and other information, used for purposes of identification or classification.

    5. One bearing the image and often the statistics of a sports figure.

    6. A business card.

    7. A credit card.

    8. A magnetic card.

    9. One used for recording information in a file: an index card; a recipe card.

    10. A game played with cards.

    11. The playing of games with cards.

    12. A menu, as in a restaurant.

    13. A wine list.

    14. A circuit board, especially for use in a computer.

    15. A punch card.

    16. Something, such as an advantageous circumstance or tactical maneuver, that can be used to help gain an objective. Often used with play: "[He believed that] Soviet Russia ... had far more Iranian cards to play than the United States" (Theodore Draper).

    17. An appeal to a specified issue or argument, usually one involving strong emotions. Often used with play: "His exposure as a racist ... allowed the defense to play the race card" (New York Times).

  2. cards (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Games

    1. A game played with cards.

    2. The playing of games with cards.

    3. A menu, as in a restaurant.

    4. A wine list.

    5. A circuit board, especially for use in a computer.

    6. A punch card.

    7. Something, such as an advantageous circumstance or tactical maneuver, that can be used to help gain an objective. Often used with play: "[He believed that] Soviet Russia ... had far more Iranian cards to play than the United States" (Theodore Draper).

    8. An appeal to a specified issue or argument, usually one involving strong emotions. Often used with play: "His exposure as a racist ... allowed the defense to play the race card" (New York Times).

  3. A program, especially for a sports event.

    1. A menu, as in a restaurant.

    2. A wine list.

    3. A circuit board, especially for use in a computer.

    4. A punch card.

    5. Something, such as an advantageous circumstance or tactical maneuver, that can be used to help gain an objective. Often used with play: "[He believed that] Soviet Russia ... had far more Iranian cards to play than the United States" (Theodore Draper).

    6. An appeal to a specified issue or argument, usually one involving strong emotions. Often used with play: "His exposure as a racist ... allowed the defense to play the race card" (New York Times).

  5. Computer Science

    1. A circuit board, especially for use in a computer.

    2. A punch card.

    3. Something, such as an advantageous circumstance or tactical maneuver, that can be used to help gain an objective. Often used with play: "[He believed that] Soviet Russia ... had far more Iranian cards to play than the United States" (Theodore Draper).

    4. An appeal to a specified issue or argument, usually one involving strong emotions. Often used with play: "His exposure as a racist ... allowed the defense to play the race card" (New York Times).

  6. A compass card.

  7. Informal An eccentrically amusing person.

    1. Something, such as an advantageous circumstance or tactical maneuver, that can be used to help gain an objective. Often used with play: "[He believed that] Soviet Russia ... had far more Iranian cards to play than the United States" (Theodore Draper).

    2. An appeal to a specified issue or argument, usually one involving strong emotions. Often used with play: "His exposure as a racist ... allowed the defense to play the race card" (New York Times).

tr.v.   card·ed, card·ing, cards

  1. To furnish with or attach to a card.

  2. To list (something) on a card; catalog.

  3. To check the identification of, especially in order to verify legal age.

  4. Sports To warn or eject (a soccer player who has committed a flagrant foul) by showing a yellow card or a red card.

Phrasal Verb(s):
card inTo sign in, as at a place of business, by use of a magnetic card.
card outTo sign out, as from a place of business, by use of a magnetic card.

Idiom(s):
card up (one's) sleeveA secret resource or plan held in reserve: a tough negotiator who had a number of cards up his sleeve.

Idiom(s):
in the cardsLikely or certain to happen: My promotion to a higher position just isn't in the cards.

Idiom(s):
put/lay (one's) cards on the tableTo make frank and clear revelation, as of one's motives or intentions.

[Middle English carde, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, paper made from papyrus, from Greek khartēs.]
card 2   (kärd)   
n.  

  1. A wire-toothed brush or a machine fitted with rows of wire teeth, used to disentangle fibers, as of wool, prior to spinning.

  2. A device used to raise the nap on a fabric.

tr.v.   card·ed, card·ing, cards
To comb out or brush with a card.

[Middle English carde, from Medieval Latin cardus, from Latin carduus, thistle.]
card'er n.
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Slang Dictionary
card

  1. n.
    a funny person. : Britney is such a card. She cracks me up.
  2. tv.
    to check people's ID cards for age or other eligibility. (See also carded.) : They card everybody at the football games, even the parents.

  3. Go to phish. :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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spoofing

and carding; phishing
  1. n.
    stealing passwords and personal information on the internet. (See also phish for an explanation.) : He set up an evil twin for spoofing at the coffee shop.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

card  (v.)
"to comb wool," 1393, from O.Prov. carda, from cardar "to card," from V.L. *caritare, from L. carrere "to clean or comb with a card," from PIE base *kars- "to scrape."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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