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A quill, or spool, for yarn.

nother; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread. Shak.

, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn.

ittle mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose.…

abric designed for waistcoats; esp., one in which there is a pattern, differently colored yarns being used.

To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full. [Obs. or Scot.] To walk the plank, to walk off the plank into the water and be drowned; -- an expression derived from the practice of pirates who extended a plank from the side of a ship, and compelled those whom they would drown to walk off into the water;…

To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.

One who, or that which, forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom.

se of enriching land. Craig. -- Warping hook, a hook used by rope makers for hanging the yarn on, when warping it into hauls for tarring. -- Warping mill, a machine for warping yarn. -- Warping penny, money, varying according to the length of the thread, paid to the weaver by the spinner on laying the warp. [Prov. E…

Yarn made by the throstle, or water frame.

To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin.

To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope. Ropes . . . are generally wormed before they are served. Totten. To worm one's self into, to enter into gradually by arts and insinuations; as, to worm one's self into favor.…

Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like.

An earthnut, or groundnut. See Groundnut (d). [Written also yarnut.]

yr shawl, a kind of thin, light, embroidered shawl made of worsted and cotton. -- Zephyr yarn, or worsted, a fine, soft kind of yarn or worsted, -- used for knitting and embroidery.