Word Meanings - WORSTED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. 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. 2. Fine and soft woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted, used in knitting and embroidery.

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• COMBER
  1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc. 2. A long, curling wave.
• WOOLEN
  1. Made of wool; consisting of wool; as, woolen goods. 2. Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as, woolen manufactures; a woolen mill; a woolen draper. Woolen scribbler, a machine for combing or preparing wool in thin, downy, translucent
• KNITTLE
  See NETTLES (more info) 1. A string that draws together a purse or bag. Wright. 2. pl.
• KNITTER
  One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine. Shak.
• COMBUST
  So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun. Planets that are oft combust. Milton. (more info) com- + burere , of uncertian origin; cf. bustum
• COMBUSTIOUS
  Inflammable. Shak.
• COMBAT
  To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight. To combat with a blind man I disdain. Milton. After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for the choice of masters. Gibbon.
• UNTWIST
  1. To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine. If one of the twines of the twist do untwist, The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist. Wallis. 2. To untie; to open; to disentangle. Milton.
• COMBATTANT
  In the position of fighting; -- said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.
• COMBUSTIBILITY
  The quality of being combustible.
• CLOTHESLINE
  A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• PARALLELOGRAMMIC; PARALLELOGRAMMICAL
  Having the properties of a parallelogram.
• TWISTING
  a. & n. from Twist. Twisting pair. See under Pair, n., 7.
• COMBUSTION CHAMBER
  A space over, or in front of , a boiler furnace where the gases from the fire become more thoroughly mixed and burnt. The clearance space in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine where the charge is compressed and ignited.
• COMBINATION
  The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds. 4. pl. (more info) 1. The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things. Making
• COMBINE
  1. To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous, as by chemical union. So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined. Milton. Friendship is the which really combines mankind.
• COMB
  1. An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place. 2. An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb. A toothed instrument used
• SAILCLOTH
  Duck or canvas used in making sails.
• ENCOMBERMENT
  Hindrance; molestation. Spenser.
• BEDCLOTHES
  Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
• HEARSECLOTH
  A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson.
• BREECHCLOTH
  A cloth worn around the breech.
• INCOMBUSTIBLE
  Not combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, or consumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an incombustible substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible gas. Incombustible cloth, a tissue of amianthus or asbestus; also, a fabric
• INCOMBER
  See ENCUMBER
• INTERTWIST
  To twist together one with another; to intertwine.
• NECKCLOTH
  A piece of any fabric worn around the neck.
• BROADCLOTH
  A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width ; -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
• UNCLOTHED
  Divested or stripped of clothing. Byron. 2. Etym: (more info) 1. Etym: