What is the meaning of YARN. Phrases containing YARN
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to talk "haven' a yarn"
a meeting of fishermen or seamen, generally aboard a ship, to have a friendly chat or “swap yarnsâ€
to talk "haven' a yarn"
Yarn of a different twist and colour inserted into the cordage of rope or line of the Royal Navy to identify the maker (in case of defect), or to identify origin if stolen. Each manufacturer used a unique yarn colour.
Galley yarn is nautical slang for a rumour.
a ball of thread or yarn; the innermost part of the of a bay, harbour or inlet; land adjoining the innermost part of the bay
the ball of wool or yarn from which stockings, mittens and gloves are knitted
telling a story ‘What a great yarn.’
to talk "haven' a yarn"
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Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.
v. t.
To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn.
v. t.
To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full.
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Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose.
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A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn.
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A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
v. t.
To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread.
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the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.
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A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.
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A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.
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A quill, or spool, for yarn.
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A fabric designed for waistcoats; esp., one in which there is a pattern, differently colored yarns being used.
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Made of yarn; consisting of yarn.
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A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
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See Yernut.
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Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service.
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A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar.
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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A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, -- used for waistcoats.
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