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Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn..

Crewel :: Crewel (n.) Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery..

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..

Loom :: Loom (n.) A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making..

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.

Snick :: Snick (n.) A knot or irregularity in yarn.

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..

Unwind :: Unwind (v. t.) To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn..

Mop :: Mop (n.) An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle..

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

Rap :: Rap (n.) A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

Crab :: Crab (a.) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.

Bay Yarn :: Bay yarn () Woolen yarn.

Clouding :: Clouding (n.) A diversity of colors in yarn, recurring at regular intervals..

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

Caburn :: Caburn (n.) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc..

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

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..

Thrum :: Thrum (n.) Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.

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

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