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Arundinaceous
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quill, reed, thread, yarn, wound.
Bobbin
noun · 78% connection
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quill, reed, thread, yarn, wound.
Clarinet
noun · 78% connection
A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrum…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quill, reed, thread, yarn, wound.
Clue
noun · 78% connection
A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quill, reed, thread, yarn, wound.
Cop
noun · 78% connection
A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quill, reed, thread, yarn, wound.
Crow-quill
noun · 78% connection
A quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a quill.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quill, reed, thread, yarn, wound.
Darn
verb · 78% connection
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.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quill, reed, thread, yarn, wound.
Fishing
noun · 78% connection
Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quill, reed, thread, yarn, wound.
Fly
verb · 78% connection
The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quill, reed, thread, yarn, wound.
Flyer
noun · 78% connection
The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swif…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quill, reed, thread, yarn, wound.
Heck
noun · 78% connection
An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quill, reed, thread, yarn, wound.
Loom
noun · 78% connection
A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quill, reed, thread, yarn, wound.
Pen
noun · 78% connection
An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other mate…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quill, reed, thread, yarn, wound.
Pick
noun · 78% connection
The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quill, reed, thread, yarn, wound.
Quill
noun · 78% connection
A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quill, reed, thread, yarn, wound.
Reel
noun · 78% connection
A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log ree…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quill, reed, thread, yarn, wound.
Republican
noun · 78% connection
A South African weaver bird (Philetaerus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quill, reed, thread, yarn, wound.
Sea reed
unknown · 78% connection
The sea-sand reed. See under Reed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quill, reed, thread, yarn, wound.
