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Bobbin

A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a slight tension.

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Filature 76% connected

A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shuttle 76% connected

An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.

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Winder 76% connected

One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.

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Reel 92% connected

A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spool 92% connected

A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon.

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Astragalus noun · 78% connection

The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.

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Beam noun · 78% connection

A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rol…

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Blonde noun · 78% connection

A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also blond lace.

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Bone noun · 78% connection

Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.

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Cutwork noun · 78% connection

An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from whi…

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Cylindrical adjective · 78% connection

Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder.

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Drum noun · 78% connection

A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its…

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Enlace verb · 78% connection

To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.

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Flax noun · 78% connection

A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flow…

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Ground noun · 78% connection

In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground. See Brussels lace, under Br…

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Guipure noun · 78% connection

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…

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Honiton lace unknown · 78% connection

A kind of pillow lace, remarkable for the beauty of its figures; -- so called because chiefly made in Honiton, England.

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Indicator noun · 78% connection

An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It…

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Inlace verb · 78% connection

To work in, as lace; to embellish with work resembling lace; also, to lace or enlace.

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Laas noun · 78% connection

A lace. See Lace.

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Lace verb · 78% connection

To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or, figuratively. with…

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Laced adjective · 78% connection

Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See Lace, v. t.

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Las noun · 78% connection

A lace. See Lace.

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