Definition of yarn

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

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Disentangle :: Disentangle (v. t.) To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn..
Lint :: Lint (n.) Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics..
Twill :: Twill (v. t.) A quill, or spool, for yarn..
Jersey :: "Jersey (n.) The finest of wool separated from the rest; combed wool; also, fine yarn of wool..
Caburn :: Caburn (n.) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc..
Cop :: Cop (n.) A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc..
Jasey :: "Jasey (n.) A wig; -- so called, perhaps, from being made of, or resembling, Jersey yarn..
Yarn :: Yarn (n.) One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.
Yarnut :: Yarnut (n.) See Yernut.
Stakeholder :: Stakehead (n.) A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar..
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..
Cut :: Cut (n.) A skein of yarn.
Skein :: Skein (n.) A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot..
Spulzie :: Spuller (n.) One employed to inspect yarn, to see that it is well spun, and fit for the loom..
Thrum :: Thrum (n.) Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.
Walk :: Walk (v. t.) To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full..
Snick :: Snick (n.) A knot or irregularity in yarn.
Waistcoating :: Waistcoating (n.) A fabric designed for waistcoats; esp., one in which there is a pattern, differently colored yarns being used..
Yarnen :: Yarnen (a.) Made of yarn; consisting of yarn.
Yarn :: 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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