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Any cloth, woven or knitted fabric; especially the raw materials that are used to make clothing.
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flyer spinning
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
A method of spinning by means of a driven flyer. It is used primarily for spinning worsted and coarser yarns. (Also see FLYER, 1.)
flyer
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
A device used to insert twist into slubbing, roving, or yarn, and to serve as a guide for winding it onto a bobbin. The flyer is shaped like an inverted U that fits on the top of ...
fly
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
The short, waste fibers that are released into the air in textile processing operations such as picking, carding, spinning, and weaving.
fluorescence
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
Emission of electromagnetic radiation, usually as visible light, that is caused by the flow of energy into the emitting body. The emission ceases abruptly when the excitation ...
fluffing
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
A term describing the appearance of a carpet after loose fiber fragments left during manufacture have worked their way to the surface. Fluffing is not a defect; it is simply a ...
flocking
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
A method of cloth ornamentation in which adhesive is printed or coated on a fabric, and finely chopped fibers are applied all over by means of dusting, air-blasting, or ...
flock
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
The material obtained by reducing textile fibers to fragments by cutting or grinding. There are two main types precision cut flock, where all fiber lengths are approximately ...
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