The wringing of undesirable water out of cloths may come under Scouring/Laundering. If a person is wringing their hands, this demonstrates nervousness and anxiety. Kneading, wringing, skin rolling and pick-up-and-squeeze are the petrissage movements. The clinging together was described as "wringing together", or as "ansprengen" in German. It depicts Venus standing in the sea, wringing out her hair. Prior to that time, wringing out the items was done by hand. A motif of the goddess wringing out her hair is often repeated. "Wringing" is the process of sliding two blocks together so that their faces lightly bond. Giambologna's sculpture is also a single figure wringing out her hair. Before the Civil War, the magazine "recommended the best practices for wringing profits from slaves". First, the block is prepared for wringing using the standard process. There are two "wringing pads" used to prepare a gauge block for wringing.