Bobbinet: alternatives and connections

The larva of a small two-winged fly (Sciara), which marches in large companies, in regular order. See Cotton worm, under Cotton.

Cotton in sheets, prepared for use in making quilts, etc.; as, cotton batting.

Work wrought by blacksmiths; -- so called in distinction from that wrought by whitesmiths.

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

A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its len…

Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.

The process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, in order that the pieces may be reheated and wro…

A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called cotton ca…

A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be s…

A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant…

Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton.

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…

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

In an exquisite manner or degree; as, lace exquisitely wrought.

A narrow cotton lace, without figures.

A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its fu…

A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning…

A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.