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Selvedge, Shearing, Shearing, Shed, Shuttle, Silk, Spinning, Glossary
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Glossary
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Selvedge
Each side edge of a woven fabric and an actual part of the weft in the goods. |
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Shearing
Finishing process consisting in cutting the pile of the fabric. |
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Shearing
Finishing process consisting in cutting the pile of the fabric. |
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Shed
The shed is the temporary separation between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven. |
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Shuttle
A shuttle is a tool designed to neatly and compactly store weft yarn while weaving. |
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Silk
The only natural fiber that comes in a filament form; from 300 to 1,600 yards in length as reeled from the cocoon, cultivated or wild. |
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Spinning
This final operation in yarn manufacture consists of drawing, twisting, and the winding of the newly spun yarn onto a devise such as a bobbin, spindle, cop, tube, etc. spinning requires great care. |
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