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Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping.

Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To wind spun yarn, or the like, tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather. See under Serving..

Russet :: Russet (a.) Coarse; homespun; rustic.

Rounding :: Rounding (n.) Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service..

Service :: Service (n.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc..

Ropeband :: Ropeband (n.) A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar..

Touchwood :: Touchwood (n.) Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk..

Cocoon :: Cocoon (n.) An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared.

Raw :: Raw (superl.) Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton.

Dispunishable :: Dispunishable (a.) Without penal restraint; not punishable.

Worsted :: Worsted (n.) Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like..

Silk :: Silk (n.) Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material..

Spunk :: Spunge (n.) A sponge.

Finespun :: Finespun (a.) Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated; hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories..

Spider''s Web :: Spider's web () The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle..

Hackle :: Hackle (n.) Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk..

Homespun :: Homespun (a.) Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain.

Spunk :: Spunk (n.) Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou..

Span :: Spun (imp. & p. p.) of Spi.

Wick :: Wick (n.) A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned..

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