Schreiner

[shrahy-ner]

noun

OliveRalph Iron, c1862–1920, English author and feminist.

schreinerize

[shrahy-nuh-rahyz]

verb (used with object), schrei·ner·ized, schrei·ner·iz·ing.

to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.

Also schrei·ner

[shrahy-ner] /ˈʃraɪ nər/; especially British, schrei·ner·ise.

Origin of schreinerize

First recorded in 1905–10; see origin at schreiner finish, -ize

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Examples from the Web for schreiner

Contemporary Examples of schreiner

He added that he had extremely limited contact with Bauer, Schreiner, and his daughter.
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Historical Examples of schreiner

On May 31st Mr. Schreiner gave notice of a vote of "no confidence."
Lord Milner's Work in South Africa
W. Basil Worsfold
And in this view both Mr. Schreiner and Mr. Herholdt concurred.
Lord Milner's Work in South Africa
W. Basil Worsfold
Tell me, Mr. Schreiner, are we really as bad as they make us out to be?
The Iron Ration
George Abel Schreiner
Two of them were built on the Schreiner grounds at Lamington.
The Scientific American Boy
A. Russell (Alexander Russell) Bond
The policy of Schreiner during the months preceding the war is obscure.
A Handbook of the Boer War
Gale and Polden, Limited

British Dictionary definitions for schreiner

Schreiner

noun

Olive (Emilie Albertina). 1855–1920, South African novelist and feminist writer, whose works include the autobiographical The Story of an African Farm (1883) and Women and Labour (1911)

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