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1 Ramie
RAMIE, or RHEA FIBREA very strong and durable fibre. It is grown in China, Japan, Java, India, etc. Ramie fibre is very white, has a high lustre, and can be separated into filaments as fine as silk. The ramie plant belongs to the family of Urtica (nettle) and to the sub-division Boehmeria. It contains about 25 per cent of gum and when degummed is much stronger than hemp or cotton. It can be spun with less twist than other fibres of similar length of staple. It resists damp, and when mixed with wool imparts non-shrinking properties to the resulting yarn. The fibre lengths vary from 4-in. to 72-in. It is much used for gas mantles. Ramie counts are usually in the worsted system (see China Grass). The two best fibre-yielding species are" Boehmeria tenacissima, often called the green-leaved ramie, as its leaves are entirely green; and Boehmeria nivea, often called the white-leaved ramie, as the undersides of its leaves are silvery white. The nivea species is very largely grown in China, and to a lesser degree in India and Formosa, and the tenacissima in Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Malacca, Mexico, and other tropical countries. -
2 Ramie Cloths
These are extremely strong, they can be bleached white or dyed in the most delicate colours, and are smooth and very durable. Usually woven in plains or twills. They comprise fabrics for tapestries, furnishings, towellings. For waterproof fabrics ramie is very suitable as the fibre offers great resistance to moisture. -
3 Green Ramie
The ramie fibre is sometimes given this name to distinguished it from China grass (white ramie). The ramie plant has green on both sides of its leaves, whereas the China grass plant has white on one side of its leaves (see Ramie) -
4 Cottonised Ramie
Ramie fibre on which the degumming process has been carried too far, with the result that the individual filaments have been more or less separated into their elements; the fibre is white, but without the characteristic transparency and lustre of ordinary ramie. -
5 Amiray Ramie
Native Philippine name for the ramie fibre. -
6 Sam Ramie
Trade term in Korea for the wild ramie which gives a tough and coarse fibre from which fabrics are made for the poor for summer wear, and for all classes as a sort of sacking cloth for mourning. -
7 Rhea Fibre
RAMIE, or RHEA FIBREA very strong and durable fibre. It is grown in China, Japan, Java, India, etc. Ramie fibre is very white, has a high lustre, and can be separated into filaments as fine as silk. The ramie plant belongs to the family of Urtica (nettle) and to the sub-division Boehmeria. It contains about 25 per cent of gum and when degummed is much stronger than hemp or cotton. It can be spun with less twist than other fibres of similar length of staple. It resists damp, and when mixed with wool imparts non-shrinking properties to the resulting yarn. The fibre lengths vary from 4-in. to 72-in. It is much used for gas mantles. Ramie counts are usually in the worsted system (see China Grass). The two best fibre-yielding species are" Boehmeria tenacissima, often called the green-leaved ramie, as its leaves are entirely green; and Boehmeria nivea, often called the white-leaved ramie, as the undersides of its leaves are silvery white. The nivea species is very largely grown in China, and to a lesser degree in India and Formosa, and the tenacissima in Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Malacca, Mexico, and other tropical countries. -
8 Apou Fabric
The Chinese name for the very brilliant and transparent fabrics made from ramie (see Ramie). These fabrics are known as "grass cloth" in England. The decortication of the fibre is carried out by hand, and they can be separated to almost the fineness of silk. The fibre is remarkably white and almost equal to bleached cotton in colour. It also has a lustre which excels linen in this respect. The cloths made vary from very fine muslin type, up to heavy plain, such as 60 X 60, 14/14 (cotton counts) -
9 Bast Fibres
The fibres obtained from the inner bark of flax, hemp, jute, ramie and other. plants and shrubs. True bast fibres are those of linen, hemp and jute, where the fibre occurs in the bast itself. All other bast fibres do not occur in the bast, but in single bundles in the leaf structure of the plant, and should be designated as sclerenchymous fibres. The bast fibres may be roughly divided into four classes with reference to the comparative sizes of the cell-wall and inner canal or lumen: - 1. The canal takes up about four-fifths of the diameter of the fibre: Ramie and China Grass. 2. The canal is about two-thirds of the fibre diameter: Hemp, Pita and Sunn Hemp, Pineapple Fibre. 3. The canal is mostly less than half the fibre diameter: Manila Hemp, Ambari Hemp, New Zealand Hemp, Yucca. 4. The canal is often reduced to a mere ???ine: Linen - (Mathews) -
10 China Grass Or Nettle
A plant that grows in East India, Siam, Cochin China, Japan, China and elsewhere. The stem bears broad oval leaves, the upper side being smooth and green, while the under side is covered with a white woolly down. The fibre is 4-in. to 5-in. long and very strong. In its wild state it is known as Rhea and is found in almost impenetrable masses. The plant is the Baehmeria or stingless nettle and the leaves are white felted underneath; hence the name " White Ramie " sometimes given to the fibre (see Ramie). Yarns spun from this fibre are very strong, whitish in colour and lustrous (see Textile Fibres)Dictionary of the English textile terms > China Grass Or Nettle
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11 Karamushi Fibre
A species of so-called ramie grown in Japan. The fibre is not so strong as ramie. The plant is really China grass and has the same leaf, white on the lower surface. It is used for cloth manufacture and many other purposes. -
12 Rhea
The stem fibre of the Boehmeria Tenacissima, a tropical variety of the B. Nivea which includes ramie. This name' is often wrongly applied to ramie. Rhea has been used since 1862 for textile purposes; in that year it was mixed with cotton, in 1875 with flax. Later, after being cut into suitable lengths it was spun on the worsted principle and used as weft in dress fabrics having a two-fold cotton warp. This cloth creased very easily. About 1872 it was mixed with wool which overcame the creasing tendency. Experiments have also been made to mix it with silk in England and Lyons. -
13 All-Silk Goods
These must contain no other textile fibre, such as cotton, linen, wool, ramie, rayon or any other. Fabrics called "all-silk" are commonly adulterated by means of weighted dyes in both warp and weft. The limit of weighting is commonly given as 50 and 100 per cent (warp and weft), the percentage being based on the return weight as against the weight of the natural silk handed to the dyer, which is, of course, 16-oz. to the lb. Actually the percentage of weighting is more, owing to the "boiling-off" losses by the removal of the natural gum. -
14 China Grass Cloth
A plain weave fabric made from yarns spun from ramie (China grass) in many widths and qualities. The lustre on the fabric gives an impression of linen. It is used for small tablecloths, etc. (see Grass Cloth) -
15 Decortication
The process of stripping the woody outer bark from fibre yielding stalks such as ramie, etc. -
16 Escobillo Fibre
A fibre obtained from the plant of this name grown in Mexico, the fibre is very fine and resembles ramie. It is used for making fabrics for garments. -
17 Fibrilia
A term used many years ago for the fibres and fabrics made from flax, hemp, jute, and ramie; used as substitutes by mixing with cotton and sometimes with wool. -
18 Grass Cloth (Canton Linen)
A plain weave fabric made in China from ramie yarns. It is woven on hand looms in coarse reeds and with few picks. The natural lustre of the yams is not interfered with, as the fabric is used in the loom state. A small quantity is dyed blue, or bleached and used for dresses, but the bulk of the cloth is used for table covers in the loom state. Widths are 15-in. or 16-in. and lengths 30 yards, made on native looms. A fabric made of yarn spun from nettle fibre was also known as grass cloth.Dictionary of the English textile terms > Grass Cloth (Canton Linen)
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19 Hiapu
A Chinese plain weave fabric made of ramie fibre. Light weight, made about 48 ends and 48 picks per inch. Mostly used locally. -
20 Hong Kong Cloth
A plain weave fabric made of silk warp and a little coarser ramie weft, forming a light rib effect, either dyed or printed. Used for men's and women's. clothing.
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