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  • 31Drawn thread work — Linen towel with drawn thread work accented with embroidery in stem and satin stitch. Drawn thread work is a form of counted thread embroidery based on removing threads from the warp and/or the weft of a piece of even weave fabric. The remaining… …

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  • 32Floss thread — Floss Floss (?; 195), n. [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L. fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See {Flux}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called {silk}. [1913 Webster] 2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in… …

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  • 33drawn thread work — ▪ textile Italian  Punto Tirato,         in fabric, a method of producing a design by drawing threads out of the body of a piece of material, usually linen, and working stitches on the mesh thus created. In Italy it preceded the development, in… …

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  • 34Glossary of textile manufacturing — For terms specifically related to sewing, see Glossary of sewing terms. For terms specifically related to dyeing, see Glossary of dyeing terms. The manufacture of textiles is one of the oldest of human technologies. To make textiles, the first… …

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  • 35Textile manufacturing terminology — The manufacture of textiles is one of the oldest of human technologies. In order to make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fibre from which a yarn can be made, primarily by spinning. (Both fibre and fiber are used in this article.)… …

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  • 36Shaatnez — Shatnez (or Sh atnez/Shaatnez) (שעטנז) is the Jewish law derived from the Torah that prohibits the wearing of a garment containing both interwoven wool and linen (linsey woolsey) ; any such fabric is referred to in Judaism as shatnez . The… …

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  • 37Crochet — For a note duration, see Quarter note. Detail of a crocheted doily, Sweden Crochet (English pronunciation: /k …

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  • 38List of museums in Northern Ireland — This list of museums in Northern Ireland contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic …

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  • 39line — {{11}}line (n.) a Middle English merger of O.E. line cable, rope; series, row, row of letters; rule, direction, and O.Fr. ligne guideline, cord, string; lineage, descent; both from L. linea linen thread, string, line, from phrase linea restis… …

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  • 40Bagley & Wright — Infobox Defunct Company company name = Bagley Wright company fate = successor = foundation = 1867 defunct = 1924 location = Oldham, Lancashire, England industry = Textiles (spinning, doubling and weaving) key people = Benjamin Wright and Ralph… …

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