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Any cloth, woven or knitted fabric; especially the raw materials that are used to make clothing.
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full-fashioned
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
A term applied to fabrics produced on a flat-knitting machine, such as hosiery, sweater, and underwear, that have been shaped by adding or reducing stitches.
frost marks
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
A defect of woven fabric consisting of surface highlights that give a frosted appearance. Frost marks are caused by improper sizing or insufficient warp tension as a result of ...
friezé
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
1. A term applied when the pile of a velvet, plush, velour, or other pile fabric is uncut. A friezé fabric is sometimes patterned by shearing the loops at different lengths. ...
foreign waste
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
Thread waste or lint that is twisted in the yarn or woven in the fabric. If such foreign matter is of a different fiber, it may dye differently and thus show plainly.
formaldeyde
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
A one-carbon aldehyde, (CH 2 O), it is a colorless, pungent gas at room temperature. This compound is used primarily for disinfectant and preservative and insynthesizing other ...
flyer waste
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
During the roving operation, flyer waste refers to fibers that free themselves by centrifugal force from the regular bulk of roving and accumulate on the flyers and adjacent ...
foam
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
Dispersion of gas in a liquid or solid. The gas bubbles may be any size. The term covers a wide range of useful products such as insulating foam, cushions, etc. It also ...
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