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tory told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn. [Colloq.]

Made of yarn; consisting of yarn. [Obs.] "A pair of yarnen stocks." Turbervile.

See Yernut.

Woolen yarn. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.

A fine grade of woolen yarn twisted somewhat harder and smoother than zephyr yarn.

Among weaves, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.

ed through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc.

a kind of carpet, a kind of lace, etc. Brussels carpet, a kind of carpet made of worsted yarn fixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread. The worsted, which alone shows on the upper surface in drawn up in loops to form the pattern. -- Brussels ground, a name given to the handmade ground of real Brussels lace. I…

A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.

A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself. Untwisting his deceitful clew. Spenser.

To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn. And the nice conduct of a clouded cane. Pope.

A diversity of colors in yarn, recurring at regular intervals. Knight.

A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.

A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.

Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.

A skein of yarn. Wright. A cut in rates (Railroad), a reduction in fare, freight charges, etc., below the established rates. -- A short cut, a cross route which shortens the way and cuts off a circuitous passage. -- The cut of one's jib, the general appearance of a person. [Colloq.] -- To draw cuts, to draw lots, as…

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. He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockins. Swift. Darning last. See under Last. -- Darning needle. (a) A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially…

laced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn.

One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.