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worsted see wool .

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	"Intended as a terror to the idle and profligate": embezzlement and the origins of policing in the Yorkshire worsted industry, c. 1750-1777. Magazine article from: Journal of Social History; 3/22/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...bare back. Employed as a handspinner of worsted yam, a common form of wage labor for women...4) The Yorkshire-based manufacture of worsted textiles, the industry that employed Martha...passage of a statute popularly known as the Worsted Act (17 Geo. III c.11). That measure established... Read more
	Our last worsted mill faces closure. Newspaper article from: Evening Courier (Halifax, England); 10/10/2007; 114 words ; HALIFAX'S last worsted spinning mill is facing closure with the loss of 24 jobs. Joseph Horsfall...found. Closure would end more than 140 years of manufacturing fine worsted in Halifax. Directors have circulated details to potential buyers... Read more
	Nanshan to strip off worsted wool fabric business and purchase aluminum business.(NEWSDESK: Acquisition) Magazine article from: China Chemical Reporter; 10/6/2006; 200 words ; ...shares to raise RMB3.5 billion and at the same time spins off worsted wool fabric business, one of its core businesses today, and...funds and the asset value to be injected will be bridged by worsted wool fabric assets (around RMB470 million) that Nanshan owns... Read more
	Proclamation 7383--To Implement Title V of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 and to Modify the Generalized System of Preferences. Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 12/11/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...heading, 9902.51.11, for imports of certain worsted wool fabrics with average fiber diameters...heading, 9902.51.12, for imports of certain worsted wool fabrics with average fiber diameters...rate of duty applicable to imports of worsted wool fabrics classified under heading... Read more
	Make some mittens!(Homestead crafts) Magazine article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal; 11/1/2008; ; 450 words ; ...pair of mittens using about 5 ounces of worsted weight yarn. Make them all one color or...washes well and will not shrink, but any worsted weight yarn will work. You will need size...yarn to use as markers. Adult size Using worsted weight yarn and size 5 needles cast on... Read more
	F.O.R. announces North American representation. (Nonwovens News).(Dawson Textile Machinery)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Nonwovens Industry; 3/1/2002; 82 words ; ...Italy, is now being represented by Dawson Textile Machinery in the U.S. and Canada. F.O.R. produces woolen, worsted and semi-worsted materials and is a leading worldwide supplier of nonwoven cards. F.O.R. has a complete trial room with production... Read more
	Plan to breathe new life into textile mill. Newspaper article from: Evening Courier (Halifax, England); 5/14/2008; 249 words ; HALIFAX'S last worsted spinning mill could be given a new lease of life as a business centre for those involved in the arts, information technology and... Read more
	Gull-day-looks enter tree bars.(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Word Ways; 5/1/2002; ; 502 words ; Wants pond term dare worsted ladle gull wit surge putty you low coils date peephole culled hire Gull-day-looks. Gull-day-looks lipped wit hire mutter inner... Read more
	Outdoor sweater. (New Products). Magazine article from: Shooting Industry; 12/1/2002; 51 words ; Filson's lightweight sweater is made of 100-percent virgin worsted Merino wool. Tightly knit to keep wind and rain away from the body, the Merino wool will not itch. Available in olive green and... Read more
	Saurer continues buying spree.(acquisitions)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Nonwovens Industry; 2/1/2006; 183 words ; Saurer has acquired 100% of the capital of Fincarde Group, a maker of carding equipment for woolen, worsted and nonwovens processes. The company is based in Biella, Italy and has an annual turnover of approximately 13 million [euro]. Fincarde... Read more

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	worsted Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes worsted • caryatid , cravatted, dratted, fatted, matted • distracted , protracted •unadapted • Hampstead...convoluted • unexecuted • barefooted , club-footed, light-footed, splay-footed, sure-footed, wrong-footed •worsted • unattributed , undistributed ... Read more
	jersey Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology jersey (Jersey) worsted XVI; knitted close-fitting tunic XIX. Name of the largest of the Channel Islands, in which the knitting of worsted articles was a staple industry. Read more
	crewel Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology crewel thin worsted yarn. XV. orig. crule , crewle , croole ; of unkn. orig. Read more
	prunella Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology prunella strong (worsted) stuff used for academic gowns. XVII. of uncert. orig. Read more
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