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Threader :: Threader (n.) A device for assisting in threading a needle.

Nematocyst :: Nematocyst (n.) A lasso cell, or thread cell. See Lasso cell, under Lasso..

Leash :: Leash (n.) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom..

Glomerate :: Glomerate (v. t. & i.) To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads..

Spirifer :: Spiricle (n.) One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers.

Thrid :: Thrid (n.) Thread; continuous line.

Piecer :: Piecer (n.) A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken threads.

Jenny :: "Jenny (n.) A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories..

Warp :: Warp (v.) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof..

Gut :: Gut (n.) The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line..

Line :: Line (n.) A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline..

Filature :: Filature (n.) A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons..

Batten :: Batten (v. t.) The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof..

Chase :: Chase (v. t.) To cut, so as to make a screw thread..

Swift :: Swift (n.) A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural..

Flyer :: Flyer (n.) The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11..

Twine :: Twine (n.) A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string..

Take-up :: Take-up (n.) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch..

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.

Thrum :: Thrum (n.) A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.

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