| 单词 | fingering wool |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfingering wool 2. Originally Scottish (chiefly North American in later use). Fine wool or yarn used esp. to knit socks. Frequently attributive, as fingering weight, fingering wool, fingering yarn, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > woollen > for sewing or knitting > specific Norfolk thread1407 garn1483 crewel1494 caddis1530 worsted yarn1533 worsted1546 fingering1681 German wool1807 wheel-spuna1825 Berlin wool1841 ice wool1876 Berlin1881 eis wool1882 quick-knit1935 bawneen1958 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 9 There Fingram Stockins spun on Rocks lyes. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Fingerin, worsted spun of combed wool, on the small wheel. 1875 L. S. Floyer Plain Needlework 10 Fingering Yarn. 1885 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 30 Mar. 332/1 Stocking..knitted with German fingering wool. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 10 May 3/3 Stockings made from the best ‘fingerings’. 1901 T. M. James Longmans' Compl. Course Needlework iii. 300 Nos. 14 or 15 needles and 4-ply Scotch fingering, Welsh yarn, or Alloa yarn would do. 1915 Times 22 Jan. (Ann. Financial Review) 7/2 The unofficial orders for the home knitting of comforts have given the spinners of fingering-wool the busiest months in their history. 1982 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 6 Apr. There's a definite market for the finer yarns like Astra or the four-ply fingering. 2012 Washington Post (Nexis) 6 July a17 The yarn, fingering weight, is shades of sea glass, shimmering blues and greens. < as lemmas |
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