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Definition of yarn

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Yarn (n.) Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like..

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Yarnut :: Yarnut (n.) See Yernut.

Heer :: Heer (n.) A yarn measure of six hundred yards or / of a spindle. See Spindle.

Knit :: Knit (v. i.) To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.

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

Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) A number of rope-yarns wound together, used to secure a cable to the messenger..

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

Pirn :: Pirn (n.) A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin; also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of a fishing rod..

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

Lash :: Lash (n.) In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure..

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

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

Spulzie :: Spuller (n.) One employed to inspect yarn, to see that it is well spun, and fit for the loom..

Hawser :: Hawser (n.) A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns.

Reel :: Reel (n.) A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches..

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

Swab :: Swab (n.) A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads..

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..

List :: List (n.) A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.

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

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