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slub

[sluhb] / slʌb /


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A full-zip sweater for men sells for $128, while a woman’s slub turtleneck goes for $70.

From New York Times Nov. 29, 2021

Therefore, celebrate this sunny beach destination with L.A. brand Hiro Clark’s ultra-soft Tulum tee made from 100% slub cotton jersey.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 4, 2021

Priced at $28 for two, the neutral bandannas are made of the same cotton slub jersey as the brand’s popular T-shirts.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2020

Slub, slub, v.t. to twist after carding to prepare for spinning.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

This weft is about the equivalent of commercial slub with no tensile strength.

From A Burial Cave in Baja California The Palmer Collection, 1887 by William C. Massey

Too often, as in the past, he slubbed words into what was neither poetic language nor human speech.

From Time Magazine Archive

Don't carry 'em up there, where they're liable to get slubbed.

From Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign by John McElroy

The best plan is undoubtedly to dye the fibre after it has been carded and partly spun into what is known as slubbing or sliver.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech

From the drawing frame these "slivers" go to the slubbing machines where it is lightly twisted and wound on bobbins.

From Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care by Idabelle McGlauflin

In the carding, slubbing, intermediate, roving, and spinning machinery there is in every case an increase in the amount of machinery tended.

From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson

The intermediate frame comes between the slubbing and roving frames and is of similar construction to the slubber, but has a larger number of spindles and smaller tubes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various

They actually combine three processes: slubbing, intermediate, and roving, and their aim is to draw the sliver out until it is thinner, more uniform, and cleaner for spinning.

From Carl and the Cotton Gin by Sara Ware Bassett




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