Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of yarn is as below...

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

Swift :: Swift (n.) A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural..

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

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..

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

Worsted :: Worsted (n.) Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like..

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

Mule :: Mule (n.) A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and mule-jenny..

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

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..

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..

Selvagee :: Selvagee (n.) A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, -- used for stoppers, straps, etc..

Reel :: Reel (v. t.) To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread..

Stakeholder :: Stakehead (n.) A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar..

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread..

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

Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc..

Lea :: Lea (n.) A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay..

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

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..

Random Fonts

Most Popular