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Domestic :: Domestic (n.) Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods..

Open :: Open (v. t.) To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton by separating the fibers..

Wad :: Wad (v. t.) To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton..

Export :: Export (v. t.) To carry or send abroad, or out of a country, especially to foreign countries, as merchandise or commodities in the way of commerce; -- the opposite of import; as, to export grain, cotton, cattle, goods, etc..

Pile :: Pile (n.) A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet..

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards..

Cloth :: Cloth (n.) A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments; specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all others..

Bombax :: Bombax (n.) A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus Bombax..

Fleece :: Fleece (n.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods..

Gauze :: Gauze (n.) A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze..

Sheeting :: Sheeting (n.) Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.

Capoc :: Capoc (n.) A sort of cotton so short and fine that it can not be spun, used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc..

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

Factory :: Factory (n.) A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory..

Variety :: Variety (n.) A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks..

Haik :: Haik (n.) A large piece of woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment.

Cottonwood :: Cottonwood (n.) An American tree of the genus Populus or poplar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the P. monilifera and P. angustifolia of the Western United States..

Slop :: Slop (v. i.) Any kind of outer garment made of linen or cotton, as a night dress, or a smock frock..

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

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