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Velveteen
Velveteen is an all cotton pile fabric with short pile resembling...
Kapok
A short, lightweight, cotton-like, vegetable fiber found in the seed pods of the Bombocaceae tree. Because of its brittle quality, it is generally not spun. However, its buoyancy and moisture...
Carbonizing
Manufacturing process to free raw wool of burrs and vegetable matter by use of chemicals and heat. When wool is dried the carbonized impurities...
Drawing
Operations by which slivers (q.v.) are blended (or doubled), levelled and, by drafting (q.v.), reduced to the stage of roving (q.v.) (In the cotton industry, the term is applied exclusively to....