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• sliver — sliverlike, adj. /sliv euhr/, n. 1. a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter. 2. any small, narrow piece or portion: A sliver of sky was visible. 3. a… …   Universalium

• sliver lap — noun : cotton slivers combed into a wide strand and wound into a cylindrical roll …   Useful english dictionary

• carding — /kahr ding/, n. the process in which fibers, as cotton, worsted, or wool, are manipulated into sliver form prior to spinning. [1425 75; late ME. See CARD2, ING1] * * * In yarn production, a process of separating individual fibres, causing many of …   Universalium

• Worsted — (pronunciation: IPA| [ˈwʊstɪd] ), is the name of a yarn, the cloth made from this yarn, and a yarn weight category. The name derives from the village of Worstead in the English county of Norfolk. This village became, along with North Walsham and… …   Wikipedia

• Short draw (spinning) — Short draw is the spinning technique used to create worsted yarns. It is spun from combed roving, sliver or wool top anything with the fibers all lined up parallel to the yarn. It is generally spun from long stapled fibers. Short draw spun yarns… …   Wikipedia

• Spinning (textiles) — Spinning is an ancient textile art in which plant, animal or synthetic fibers are twisted together to form yarn (or thread, rope, or cable). For thousands of years, fiber was spun by hand using simple tools, the spindle and distaff. Only in the… …   Wikipedia

• Roving — A roving is a long and narrow bundle of fiber with a twist to hold the fiber together. It is usually used to spin worsted yarn, but can be used to spin woolen yarn as well. A roving can be created by carding or combing the fiber, and is then… …   Wikipedia

• hair — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. mane (see hair); filament;bit, inch (see narrowness, nearness). II Body covering filament Nouns 1. hair; head of hair, mop, mane, crop of hair, thatch, shock; gray, silver or white hair (see… …   English dictionary for students

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• Combing — For the video visual defect artifact, see Interlace. Noble comber in Bradford Combing is a method for preparing carded fibre for spinning. It separates out the short fibres by means of a rotating ring of steel pins. The fibres in the top it… …   Wikipedia

• papermaking — [pā′pər māk΄iŋ] n. the making of paper papermaker n. * * * pa·per·mak·ing (pāʹpər mā kĭng) n. The process or craft of making paper.   paʹper·mak er n. * * * Introduction       formation of a matted or felted sheet, usually of cellulose fibres,… …   Universalium