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Roughspun

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worstedDefeated, overcome.
spinnounRapid circular motion.
homespunnounFabric made from homespun yarn. Also, machine made fabrics (usually cottons) similar to homespun fabrics in that solids, plaids, or stripes are created by weaving dyed threads (rather than printing), so that both sides of the fabric look the same.
rougherA worker who shapes something to prepare it for a finishing operation.
spunbondingnounThe process of making spunbond.
spinnerynounA mill or factory where spinning takes place.
ring spinningnounA method of spinning fibres to make a yarn. The roving is first attenuated by using drawing rollers, then spun and wound around a rotating spindle contained within an independently rotating ring flyer.
spunbondnounSpunbonded fabric; a type of nonwoven fabric made by extruding continuous filaments directly from thermoplastic polymer chips, forming those filaments into a web, and then causing them to bond by the application of heat or (more rarely) a catalyst.
spinstrynoun(obsolete) The business of one who spins; spinning (of yarn)
spinningThe motion of something that spins.
spindelnoun(spinning) The rod made from the above used in the spinning of wool and other natural fibres.
slivernounA long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
spinathonnoun(slang, rare) A long period of spinning.
spinning framenouna machine that draws and twists fibres and then winds it onto spools or spindles
genappenounA smooth worsted yarn or cord, used in the manufacture of braid, fringe, etc.
rovingMoving about; having no fixed or permanent abode; travelling from place to place.
spindlenoun(spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
spinnernounA device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.
speedernounOne who speeds: one who exceeds the maximum legal speed limit.
ring spinnernoun(textiles) A machine for spinning, in which the twist, given to the yarn by a revolving bobbin, is regulated by the drag of a small metal loop which slides around a ring encircling the bobbin, instead of by a throstle.

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