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imp. & p. p. of Spin.
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n.
The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc.
n.
A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar.
superl.
Full of spunk; quick; spirited.
v. t.
To wind spun yarn, or the like, tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather. See under Serving.
n.
Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like.
n.
The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb.
n.
One employed to inspect yarn, to see that it is well spun, and fit for the loom.
n.
Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like.
n.
A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned.
n.
Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.
n.
An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk.
n.
Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.
n.
A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top.
n.
Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service.
n.
To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope.
n.
A sponge.
v. t.
To untwist, as something spun.
n.
See Spunk.
v. t.
To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface.
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