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Hawser :: Hawser (n.) A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns.

Yarnut :: Yarnut (n.) See Yernut.

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

Jersey :: "Jersey (n.) The finest of wool separated from the rest; combed wool; also, fine yarn of wool..

Walk :: Walk (v. t.) To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full..

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

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

Swab :: Swab (n.) A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads..

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

Heer :: Heer (n.) A yarn measure of six hundred yards or / of a spindle. See Spindle.

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

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

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

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..

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..

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