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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..

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

Pyrothonide :: Pyrothonide (n.) A kind of empyreumatic oil produced by the combustion of textures of hemp, linen, or cotton in a copper vessel, -- formerly used as a remedial agent..

Camlet :: Camlet (n.) A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton..

Shirting :: Shirting (n.) Cloth, specifically cotton cloth, suitable for making shirts..

Bat :: Bat (n.) A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.

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..

Industry :: Industry (n.) Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton industry..

Moxa :: Moxa (n.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of Artemisia Chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning it on the skin; hence, any substance used in a like manner, as cotton impregnated with niter, amadou..

Dry Goods :: Dry goods () A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., -- in distinction from groceries..

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

Bobbinet :: Bobbinet (n.) A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand..

Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material..

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..

Ball :: Ball (v. t.) To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton..

Wigan :: Wigan (n.) A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire, England..

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

Lustre :: Lustre (n.) A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, -- used for women's dresses..

Calico :: Calico (n.) Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.

Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Originally, cotton, or cotton wool..

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