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Inspecting Machine
A machine which draws cloth over a wide surface for inspection purposes and which partially cleans the cloth by...
Retting
The process of separating the fibre from the wood in flax. This is done either chemically or biologically (rotting down of the crop). A messy...
Shirred Waist
A decorative gathering (as of cloth) made by drawing up the material along two or more parallel lines of...
Leader Cloth
A strip of cloth left threaded through a textile machine to facilitate the starting of a new length through the....