intransitive. To wind thread, yarn, etc., on to a reel as part of the process of production; to engage in this activity. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [verb (intransitive)] > wind (5) reelc1400 intransitive. To wind thread, yarn, etc., on to a reel as part of the process of production; to engage in this activity. Obsolete. spool1603 intransitive. To wind spools. Also with adverbs and transferred. to wind up1631 To coil (thread, etc.) into a compact mass (cf. 15): chiefly in †to wind up a bottomor one's bottoms (bottom, n. 24), usually figurative to sum… quill1825 intransitive. To wind thread or yarn on to a quill. Cf. quill, n.1 3b. In later use English regional (south-western). Now rare. Subcategories:— silk (1) |
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