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

Mousing :: Mousing (n.) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straighening out..

Worm :: Worm (n.) To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope..

Sleaved :: Sleaved (a.) Raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk..

Longspun :: Longspun (a.) Spun out, or extended, to great length; hence, long-winded; tedious..

Spunge :: Spun () imp. & p. p. of Spin.

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..

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

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

Cambric :: Cambric (n.) A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin..

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

Thrum :: Thrum (v. t.) To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface..

Racking :: Racking (n.) Spun yarn used in racking ropes.

Dispunct :: Dispunct (v. t.) To expunge.

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..

Ran :: Ran (n.) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.

Fibre :: Fibre (n.) Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant..

Prick :: Prick (v.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco..

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.

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..

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