Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The trade-name for cotton yarn spun on a water-frame. See
water-frame .
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Examples
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Finally Arkwright supplied this lack in water-twist or "throstle-spun" yarn.
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
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