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WADDING |
Cotton wool |
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YARNS |
Knitting wool and crochet cotton |
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BOMBAST |
Originally, cotton, or cotton wool. |
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FIBRES |
Designed briefs in cotton and wool |
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NASCAL |
A kind of pessary of medicated wool or cotton, formerly
used. |
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WILLYING |
The process of cleansing wool, cotton, or the like, with
a willy, or willow. |
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TWIST |
To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to
twist wool or cotton. |
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LUSTRE |
A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, --
used for women's dresses. |
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UNION |
A textile fabric composed of two or more materials, as
cotton, silk, wool, etc., woven together. |
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ROVE |
To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool
or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning. |
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CASSINETTE |
A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine
wool, or wool and silk. |
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DYEING |
The process or art of fixing coloring matters permanently
and uniformly in the fibers of wool, cotton, etc. |
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WILLOW |
To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means
of a willow. See Willow, n., 2. |
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SAGATHY |
A mixed woven fabric of silk and cotton, or silk and wool;
sayette; also, a light woolen fabric. |
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FLEECE |
The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife
from the cylinder of a carding machine. |
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ROVING |
A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly
twisted; a rove. See 2d Rove, 2. |
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CASHMERE |
A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and
cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere. |
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VALENCIA |
A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of
wool and the warp of silk or cotton. |
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SWANS-DOWN |
A fine, soft, thick cloth of wool mixed with silk or
cotton; a sort of twilled fustian, like moleskin. |
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PICK |
To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as,
to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc. |
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CAMLET |
A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly
of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton. |
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STAPLE |
The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse
staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple. |
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MANUFACTURE |
To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into
suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron. |
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PILE |
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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MULE |
A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool,
etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also
jenny and mule-jenny. |