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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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yarn spun fibre of cotton, silk, etc. OE.
ġearn = MDu.
gaern (Du.
garen), (O)HG., ON.
garn, prob. f. base repr. also by *
ʒarnō in ON.
gǫrn, pl.
garnar guts, and *
ʒarnjo- in OE.
miċġern, OS.
midgarni, OHG.
mittigarni entrail fat, suet, and rel. outside Gmc. to Lith.
žárna intestine, L.
haruspex one who divines from inspection of entrails, Gr.
khordḗ intestine, guts. The sense ‘story, tale’ (XIX) is from naut. sl. phr.
spin a yarn.
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YARN SALES SLOWDOWN -- IS IT SEASONAL OR WORSE?
Magazine article from: Daily News Record; 8/3/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...beat it." Another yarn supplier said, "The imported yarns, particularly from...spinner of diverse yarns said his company...with ring-spun yarn, "but in order...open-end cotton yarn market, there is...movement to alternate yarns. "We're working...
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Yarn Pull-Out as a Mechanism for Dissipating Ballistic Impact Energy in Kevlar® KM-2 Fabric: Part II: Predicting Ballistic Performance
Magazine article from: Textile Research Journal; 11/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...woven, intersecting yarns, each yarn being composed of...increases when more yarns participate in a ballistic...performed quasi-static yarn pull-out experiments...frictional interactions of yarns play a crucial role...specific contributions of yarn pull-out energy...
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Yarn & fiber: getting down to basics.(Spotlight on Socks)(includes glossary)
Magazine article from: WWD; 9/3/1996; 700+ words
; ...yarns, the nylon yarns used in toe and heel reinforcement. Yarn & Fiber Glossary...Entangled Yarn: A yarn production method using filament yarns, in which bulking...produces high-bulk yarn. Bulking: Treating yarns physically or chemically...
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YARN FAIR SHARPENS ITS FASHION EDGE.
Magazine article from: Daily News Record; 8/5/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...presented novelty knit yarns to be used as the fill yarn in weaving. One...attention with printed yarns for weaving and a space-dyed stretch yarn of either wool...Florentine luxury yarn spinner, had what...the most expensive yarns in the show -- mostly...
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Yarn property control on a twist drafting frame1
Magazine article from: Textile Research Journal; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...production of functional yarns. In twist drafting, a yarn is directly spun...practical design of TDF yarns, where specifications...twist rate of the yarn are given. No one...able to maintain yarn evenness. The reason nearly uniform yarns are attained by keeping...
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Yarn spinners complain of inability to increase prices to meet costs.
Magazine article from: Daily News Record; 5/25/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...margins." Ring-spun yarns seem to be hot in...All ring-spun yarn, both carded and...producer of combed cotton yarns said, "Ring-spun combed cotton yarn is out of sight...combed cotton plied yarns. This is sweater...our 2-ply combed yarn mainly goes to the...
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Novelty yarns running ahead of commodities; at NY fair.
Magazine article from: Daily News Record; 9/20/1984; ; 700+ words
; ...at the Knitting Yarn Fair here. "There...resurgence of novelty yarns and hairy, twisted...firms under the Yarns by Michelle division. "Yarn sales for men...Burlington Madison Yarn Co., which sells "street sweater yarns" from Monsanto...
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Yarn mavens sees novelties picking up in men's areas.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Daily News Record; 5/25/1995; 700+ words
; ...commissioned yarn agent. Yarn Mavens, which specializes in novelty yarns for a range of markets...sweater and other knitwear yarns, its yarn also go into men's...linen and linen/silk yarns for neckties. Yarn Mavens also is selling...
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Yarn Pull-Out as a Mechanism for Dissipating Ballistic Impact Energy in Kevlar® KM-2 Fabric: Part I: Quasi-Static Characterization of Yarn Pull-Out
Magazine article from: Textile Research Journal; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...of fabric length, number of yarns pulled, arrangement of yarns, and transverse tension on...force-displacement curves for yarn pull-out tests on Kevlar...deformations in the pulled yarn and cross-yarns. Martinez et al. [11] studied...
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Modeling of Yarn Cross-Section in Plain Woven Fabric
Magazine article from: Textile Research Journal; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...all these previous models, yarns are considered as having...sectional shape along the yarn path. The assumption of yarns having invariable cross...section images. Experimental Yarn and Fabric Production Yarns and fabrics were produced...
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Yarn
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...produces strong yarn; a low twist produces softer, more lustrous yarn; and a very tight twist produces crepe yarn. Yarns are also classified by their number of parts. A single yarn is made from a group of filament or staple fibers twisted together...
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yarn
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...between the weight of the raw fiber of staple yarns and the yarn length is expressed by the yarn number; the finer the yarn, the higher the number. In filament yarns the yarn number, expressed in deniers, increases...
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SIC 2281 Yarn Spinning Mills
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...valued of carded cotton yarn shipments, which...noncellulosic fiber and silk yarns represented another...million; and Pharr Yarns Inc. of McAdenville...of $230 million. Yarn spinning mills shared...and Mexico to use yarns produced in North...president of the American Yarn Spinners ...
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SIC 2282 Yarn Texturizing, Throwing, Twisting, and Winding Mills
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
SIC 2282 YARN TEXTURIZING, THROWING...spooling purchased yarns or manmade fiber filaments...fiber filaments and yarns in the same plant...Code(s) 313112 (Yarn Texturing, Throwing...used to process nylon yarn for hosiery. The...polyester filament yarns for use during the...
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rogue's yarn
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...sisal rope had a red rogue's yarn, naval sisal had yellow in...Commercial hemp had no rogue's yarn, naval hemp had red in all...marked with a yellow rogue's yarn in one strand only. Originally, rogue's yarns were used only in naval rope...
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