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genapped - 1 dictionary result

ge⋅nappe

[juh-nap, zhuh-]
–verb (used with object), -napped, -nap⋅ping.
to singe (worsted yarn) in order to remove loose or protruding fibers.

Origin:
1855–60; after Genappe, Belgium, where the yarn was originally manufactured
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