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Willying :: Willying (n.) The process of cleansing wool, cotton, or the like, with a willy, or willow..

Boll :: Boll (n.) The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form..

Tonite :: Tonite (n.) An explosive compound; a preparation of gun cotton.

Pique :: Pique (n.) A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc..

Fruit :: Fruit (v. t.) Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; -- commonly used in the plural..

Army Worm :: Army worm () A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm..

Adatis :: Adatis (n.) A fine cotton cloth of India.

Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body..

Webbing :: Webbing (n.) A woven band of cotton or flax, used for reins, girths, bed bottoms, etc..

Plantation :: Plantation (n.) The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful plants; esp., in the United States and West Indies, a large estate appropriated to the production of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who live on the estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation..

Beaverteen :: Beaverteen (n.) A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing..

Steeving :: Steeve (n.) A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly..

Wad :: Wad (v. t.) To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton; as, to wad a cloak..

Improve :: Improve (v. i.) To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the price of cotton improves..

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..

Spotted :: Spot (n.) Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery..

Flue :: Flue (n.) Light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc.; very fine lint or hair..

Crochet :: Crochet (n.) A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively..

Staple :: Staple (n.) The principal commodity of traffic in a market; a principal commodity or production of a country or district; as, wheat, maize, and cotton are great staples of the United States..

Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine..

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