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Warper :: Warper (n.) One who, or that which, forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom..

Threadfish :: Threadfish (n.) The cutlass fish.

Fleak :: Fleak (n.) A flake; a thread or twist.

Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; -- sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver..

Filipendulous :: Filipendulous (a.) Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets..

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..

Twill :: Twill (v. t.) An appearance of diagonal lines or ribs produced in textile fabrics by causing the weft threads to pass over one and under two, or over one and under three or more, warp threads, instead of over one and under the next in regular succession, as in plain weaving..

Torsional :: Torsional (a.) Of or pertaining to torsion; resulting from torsion, or the force with which a thread or wire returns to a state of rest after having been twisted round its axis; as, torsional force..

Untangle :: Untangle (v. t.) To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread..

Mule :: Mule (n.) A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and mule-jenny..

Bottom :: Bottom (n.) A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.

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

Tension :: Tension (a.) A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness..

Thread :: Thread (v. t.) To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid..

Doublethreaded :: Doublethreaded (a.) Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.

Brocade :: Brocade (n.) Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus wrought and enriched..

Twist :: Twist (n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling..

Knubs :: Knubs (n. pl.) Waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon.

Torsion :: Torsion (n.) That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility..

Thread :: Thread (n.) A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted..

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