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Tatting

A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch.

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Handicraft 76% connected

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Needlework 76% connected

Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery; also, the business of a seamstress.

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Intertwine 74% connected

To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.

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Intertwine 74% connected

To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.

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Art noun · 78% connection

the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…

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the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…

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the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…

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creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"

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Attachment noun · 78% connection

Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device…

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Backstitch noun · 78% connection

A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.

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Blonde noun · 78% connection

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

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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…

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Chain stitch unknown · 78% connection

A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished…

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Clue noun · 78% connection

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

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Cross-stitch noun · 78% connection

A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other.

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Cutwork noun · 78% connection

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…

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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.

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Enlace verb · 78% connection

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

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Flax noun · 78% connection

A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flow…

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Ground noun · 78% connection

In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground. See Brussels lace, under Br…

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Guipure noun · 78% connection

A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for a lace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground or mesh, but…

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Idiom noun · 78% connection

An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usag…

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Inlace verb · 78% connection

To work in, as lace; to embellish with work resembling lace; also, to lace or enlace.

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Laas noun · 78% connection

A lace. See Lace.

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Lace verb · 78% connection

To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or, figuratively. with…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lace, common, sewing, thread, peculiar.
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Laced adjective · 78% connection

Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See Lace, v. t.

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