Bobbin

  • 21bobbin net — or bobbˈinet noun A fine machine made netted lace • • • Main Entry: ↑bobbin …

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  • 22bobbin lace — n. a lace whose design is laid out on a pillowlike pad with pins around which thread on bobbins is drawn and interlaced …

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  • 23bobbin lace — lace made by hand with bobbins of thread, the thread being twisted around pins stuck into a pattern placed on a pillow or pad. Also called pillow lace. * * * ▪ lacework also called  pillow lace , or  bone lace   with needle lace, one of two main… …

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  • 24bobbin net — Bobbinet Bob bi*net , n. [Bobbin + net.] A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand. [Sometimes written {bobbin net}.] [1913 Webster] The English machine made net is now confined to point net, warp net, and bobbin net, so …

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  • 25Bobbin boy — A bobbin boy was a boy who worked in a textile mill in the 19th and early 20th century. He would bring bobbins to the girls at the looms when they called for them, and collected the full bobbins of spun cotton or wool thread. They also would be… …

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  • 26bobbin furniture — also called  Spool Furniture,    heavy furniture made in the late 17th century, whose legs and other parts were lathe turned to ornamental shapes; also lighter, less boldly turned pieces made in 19th century cottage style (see cottage furniture) …

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  • 27bobbin oil — šeivinė alyva statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Lengvoji pramoninė alyva mažai apkrautiems greitaeigiams mechanizmams tepti. atitikmenys: angl. bobbin oil; loom oil; spindle oil rus. веретенное масло …

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  • 28bobbin core — ritės šerdis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. bobbin core vok. Spulenkern, m rus. сердечник катушки, m pranc. noyau de bobine, m …

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  • 29bobbin and fly frame — noun 1. : a machine in cotton spinning that draws and twists the sliver and winds the roving on a bobbin 2. : a cotton spinning machine that converts the roving into yarn * * * a roving machine used in the final stages of converting spun cotton… …

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  • 30bobbin — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1530 1. a. a cylinder or spindle on which yarn or thread is wound (as in a sewing machine) b. any of various small round devices on which threads are wound for working handmade lace c. a coil of insulated… …

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