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

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Bobbin 76% connected

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 w…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reel 76% connected

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

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Spool 76% 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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Ant egg unknown · 78% connection

One of the small white egg-shaped pupae or cocoons of the ant, often seen in or about ant-hills, and popularly supposed to be eggs.

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Ballooning spider unknown · 78% connection

A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of s…

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Brocade noun · 78% connection

Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus…

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Cocoon noun · 78% connection

An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving…

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Cocoonery noun · 78% connection

A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons.

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Doublethreaded adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.

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Eggar noun · 78% connection

moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons

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Egger noun · 78% connection

moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons

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Floating noun · 78% connection

Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.

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Fray verb · 78% connection

To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross…

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Fringe noun · 78% connection

An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven…

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Giddy superl. · 78% connection

Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefor…

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Heddle noun · 78% connection

One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe…

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Hemstitch verb · 78% connection

To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clus…

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Interweave verb · 78% connection

To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven.

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Knubs n. pl. · 78% connection

Waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon.

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Lace noun · 78% connection

A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc., often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of thread, much worn as an orn…

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Lightheadedness noun · 78% connection

a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall

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