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Fray :: Fray (v. i.) To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly..

Marseilles :: Marseilles (n.) A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in Marseilles, France..

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..

Bifilar :: Bifilar (a.) Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance..

Snarl :: Snarl (n.) A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty..

Needleful :: needleful (n.) As much thread as is used in a needle at one time.

Toil :: Toil (n.) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural..

Griff :: Griff (n.) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.

Thread :: Thread (v. t.) To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle..

Sleave :: Sleave (n.) The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.

Sew :: Sew (v. i.) To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.

Guipure :: Guipure (n.) A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for a lace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground or mesh, but has the pattern held together by connecting threads called bars or brides..

Piecer :: Piecer (n.) A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken threads.

Batten :: Batten (v. t.) The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof..

Ligature :: Ligature (n.) A thread or wire used to remove tumors, etc..

Line :: Line (n.) A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline..

Work :: Work (v. t.) To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin..

Reticulated :: Reticulated (a.) Having veins, fibers, or lines crossing like the threads or fibers of a network; as, a reticulate leaf; a reticulated surface; a reticulated wing of an insect..

Scarlet :: Scarlet (a.) Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread..

Unwind :: Unwind (v. t.) To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn..

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