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

Fox :: Fox (n.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats..

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

Yarnut :: Yarnut (n.) See Yernut.

Work :: Work (v. t.) To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin..

Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc..

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

Grist :: Grist (n.) In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands..

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

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..

Hasp :: Hasp (n.) A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on..

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..

Worsted :: Worsted (n.) Fine and soft woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted, used in knitting and embroidery..

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

Reel :: Reel (n.) A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel..

Rounding :: Rounding (n.) Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service..

Slip :: Slip (n.) A particular quantity of yarn.

End :: End (n.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.

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..

Trumpet :: Trumpet (n.) A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine..

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