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Cord

A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

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Narrower term 21

Apron string 76% connected

The string of an apron.

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Bowstring 76% connected

The string of a bow.

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Catgut 76% connected

A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, esp. of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, etc.

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Chenille 76% connected

Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs.

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Clothesline 76% connected

A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.

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Gut 76% connected

A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.

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Lace 76% connected

That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in dr…

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Lacing 76% connected

of Lace

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Laniard 76% connected

See Lanyard.

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Lanyard 76% connected

A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing th…

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Perpendicular 76% connected

Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the…

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Piping 76% connected

of Pipe

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Slack 76% connected

Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

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String 76% connected

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larg…

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Taper 76% connected

A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.

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Thread 76% connected

A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or mo…

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Tie 76% connected

A knot; a fastening.

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Twine 76% connected

A twist; a convolution.

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Whipcord 76% connected

A kind of hard-twisted or braided cord, sometimes used for making whiplashes.

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Wick 76% connected

Alt. of Wich

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Yarn 76% connected

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,…

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Bind 76% connected

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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Cloth 76% connected

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…

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Conductor 76% connected

One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.

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Fabric 76% connected

The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.

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Heap 76% connected

A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Material 76% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Pile 76% connected

A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.

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Stack 76% connected

A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a poi…

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Textile 76% connected

Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.

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Tie 76% connected

A knot; a fastening.

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Corduroy 92% connected

A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.

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