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单词 spun-yarn
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spun-yarnn.

Forms: Also Middle English northern sponegarn; also spunyarn.
Etymology: < spun adj.
1. Yarn fabricated by the process of spinning.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > spun
spun-yarn1376
spinning?c1510
spinstry1611
filament1791
twist1805
spun1869
spin1884
1376 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 584 In 2 lib. de Sponegarn empt. per plumbar. pro aqua ductu ligand., 3s.
1541–2 Inventory in Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (Chetham Soc.) 81 xxx pond of sponnen fyne wollen yorne,..xxii pound of spennen yorne.
1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. i. 21 The business of working up the spun-yarn into woven fabrics.
1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin ix. 78 A staid countrywoman exchanging her spunyarn..for various commodities.
2. Nautical.
a. Line composed of two or more rope-yarns not laid but simply twisted together by a winch or by hand. Also in combinations, as spun-yarn major, spun-yarn trick (slang): see quots. 1929, 1925; spun-yarn winch (see quot. 1846).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > rope-making equipment > [noun] > other rope-making equipment
warping-tree1404
throw-crook1557
warping-stock1588
spun-yarn winch1627
winch1640
woolder1750
register1793
top minor1793
laying-top1794
warping-block1794
whirl1794
reel1797
warping-post1797
whirl-hook1797
strand-hook1825
spreader1830
register plate1832
wimble1863
snugger1875
strop1875
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [noun] > rope or cord > types of
sandwich1494
parchment lace1542
hempstring1573
sinnet1611
jackline1612
spun-yarn1627
sennit1769
Manila1826
four-inch1840
stropping1850
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > rope collective or as material > twisted, not laid
spun-yarn1627
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception
wrenchc888
swikec893
braida1000
craftOE
wile1154
crookc1175
trokingc1175
guile?c1225
hocket1276
blink1303
errorc1320
guileryc1330
sleightc1340
knackc1369
deceitc1380
japec1380
gaudc1386
syllogism1387
mazec1390
mowa1393
train?a1400
trantc1400
abusionc1405
creekc1405
trickc1412
trayc1430
lirtc1440
quaint?a1450
touch1481
pawka1522
false point?1528
practice1533
crink1534
flim-flamc1538
bobc1540
fetcha1547
abuse1551
block1553
wrinklec1555
far-fetch?a1562
blirre1570
slampant1577
ruse1581
forgery1582
crank1588
plait1589
crossbite1591
cozenage1592
lock1598
quiblin1605
foist1607
junt1608
firk1611
overreach?1615
fob1622
ludification1623
knick-knacka1625
flam1632
dodge1638
gimcrack1639
fourbe1654
juggle1664
strategy1672
jilt1683
disingenuity1691
fun1699
jugglementa1708
spring1753
shavie1767
rig?1775
deception1794
Yorkshire bite1795
fakement1811
fake1829
practical1833
deceptivity1843
tread-behind1844
fly1861
schlenter1864
Sinonism1864
racket1869
have1885
ficelle1890
wheeze1903
fast one1912
roughie1914
spun-yarn trick1916
fastie1931
phoney baloney1933
fake-out1955
okey-doke1964
mind-fuck1971
society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > lieutenant-commander
lieutenant-commander1878
spun-yarn major1929
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 25 Spunyarne is nothing but rope yarne made small at the ends, and so spun one to another so long as you will with a winch.
1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 155 Spun Yarn, for every Inch the Main Stay is in Di[ameter], allow 5 Hundred Weight.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. ii. 133 We had not junk enough to make spun-yarn [printed spurn-yarn; 1748 ed. 2: spun-yarn].
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Puddening It [sc. a rope] is..served with spun-yarn throughout its whole length.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast iii. 17 He has to furnish them with spun-yarn, marline, and all other stuffs that they need in their work.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxvii. 226 Although the chains of captivity, made of spun-yarn and leather, set hardly upon him.
in combination.1777 J. Cook Jrnl. 3 May (1967) III. i. 101 The bolt belonging to ye Spun yarn wench.1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast iii. 21 Every vessel is furnished with a ‘spun-yarn winch’.1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 368 A small winch with a fly wheel is used in making rope or spunyarn: it gets the name of a spunyarn-winch.1916 In Northern Mists xvi. 63 The practice has been known of getting everything ready the night before and the proper fastenings replaced with pieces of spunyarn which can be cut with a sailor knife as soon as the signal is made. Of course, it is not playing the game: that's a ‘spunyarn trick’.1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 267 Spun yarn tricks, underhand dealing.1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 132 Spun-yarn major, a lieutenant-commander in the Navy.1942 ‘Sea Wrack’ Six Bells 163 Above her head sounded the drumming foot~steps of Tommy and his crew of spunyarn majors as they clattered round the decks securing stays.
b. A line or cord of this kind.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > rope, string, cord, etc.
stringa900
linea1000
lacec1230
cordc1305
whipcord?a1500
thumb-rope1601
thumb-band1639
chord1645
spun-yarn1685
hairline1731
tie-tie1774
rope1841
wire rope2001
1685 N. Boteler Six Dialogues Sea-services 163 As for the Spun-yarns, they are a kind of Rope-yarn [etc.].
1805 Naval Chron. 13 80 She did not strain a spun-yarn.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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