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wet strength

noun

Papermaking.
  1. the relative resistance of paper to tearing when wet, resulting from the addition of resins during manufacture.


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When Consumer Reports rated 16 brands of toilet paper in 2009, Small Steps ranked 14th, bested by brands including Charmin and Cottonelle on factors like softness and wet strength.

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After the Solka pulp is made into what is called "Brown Wet Strength material" in Berlin, N. H., it goes to the Pervel Corp. plant in Worcester, Mass., to be treated till it becomes a material that looks not unlike percale or broadcloth.

The Wets, with no hope of actual victory, purposed by this ballot to put every House member on record on Prohibition, weed out the weaslers for the coming campaign, exhibit the growing Wet strength.

If by some parliamentary miracle the mildest Wet proposal such as the manufacture of 2.75% beer should be got before the House next winter, it might win about 90 votes, the maximum Wet strength.—

Voluntary flip-flops by Dry members or their defeat in the primaries have already materially augmented the Wet strength in the next House.

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