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Spooled :: Spool (n.) A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon..

Wad :: Wad (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose..

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

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).

Jasey :: "Jasey (n.) A wig; -- so called, perhaps, from being made of, or resembling, Jersey yarn..

Looper :: Looper (n.) An instrument, as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn, a cord, etc..

Hank :: Hank (n.) A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.

Yarn :: Yarn (n.) One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.

Yarn :: Yarn (n.) A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn..

Thrum :: Thrum (n.) A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.

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..

Toilinette :: Toilinette (n.) A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, -- used for waistcoats..

Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes..

Nettling :: Nettling (n.) The process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs, to prevent tangling..

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..

Puddening :: Puddening (n.) A quantity of rope-yarn, or the like, placed, as a fender, on the bow of a boat..

Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch..

Slasher :: Slasher (n.) A machine for applying size to warp yarns.

Sennit :: Sennit (n.) A braided cord or fabric formed by plaiting together rope yarns or other small stuff.

Yarnen :: Yarnen (a.) Made of yarn; consisting of yarn.

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