Finespun: alternatives and connections

Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.

Alt. of Attenuated

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 se…

A sort of cotton so short and fine that it can not be spun, used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc.

A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.

Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; g…

To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.

To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.

The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.

Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant.

Relating to, composed of, or resembling, work in filigree; as, a filigree basket. Hence: Fanciful; unsubstantial; merely decorative.

Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.

Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim.

Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.

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

Spun out, or extended, to great length; hence, long-winded; tedious.

A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hook…

To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or forfeiture, esp. a pecuniary fine; to fine.