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

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

Hydro-extractor :: Hydro-extractor (n.) An apparatus for drying anything, as yarn, cloth, sugar, etc., by centrifugal force; a centrifugal..

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns..

Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping.

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

Gingham :: Gingham (n.) A kind of cotton or linen cloth, usually in stripes or checks, the yarn of which is dyed before it is woven; -- distinguished from printed cotton or prints..

Clue :: Clue (n.) A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself..

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

Cop :: Cop (n.) A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc..

Cloud :: Cloud (v. t.) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn..

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

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..

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

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

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

Knit :: Knit (v. t.) To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings..

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

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

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

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