thread the yarn

  • 1yarn — noun 1 thread ADJECTIVE ▪ fine, thick ▪ coloured/colored ▪ cotton, synthetic, wool, etc. … OF YARN …

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  • 2Yarn — This article is about the fibre product. For the type of joke, see Shaggy dog story. Yarn …

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  • 3yarn — [[t]jɑ͟ː(r)n[/t]] yarns 1) N MASS Yarn is thread used for knitting or making cloth. She still spins the yarn and knits sweaters for her family. ...vegetable dyed yarns. 2) N COUNT A yarn is a story that someone tells, often a true story with… …

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  • 4The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" — Infobox Book | name = The Boats of Glen Carrig title orig = translator = image caption = dust jacket of The Boats of Glen Carrig author = William Hope Hodgson illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre …

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  • 5Yarn — Yarn, n. [OE. yarn, [yogh]arn, AS. gearn; akin to D. garen, G., OHG., Icel., Sw., & Dan. garn; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Cord}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk;… …

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  • 6Thread (Pern) — Thread is the name of a deadly phenomenon that appears throughout Anne McCaffrey s series of science fiction novels about the fictional planet Pern. Thread are thin silver filaments of a space borne mycorrhizoid spore that devours all organic… …

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  • 7The Two Caskets — is a Scandinavian fairy tale included by Benjamin Thorpe in his Yule Tide Stories: A Collection of Scandinavian and North German Popular Tales and Traditions . Andrew Lang included it in The Orange Fairy Book . [Andrew Lang,… …

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  • 8The Gold-spinners — is an Estonian fairy tale collected by Dr. Friedrich Kreutzwald in Eestirahwa Ennemuistesed jutud . W. F. Kirby included it in The Hero of Esthonia , and Andrew Lang, under the title The Water lily. The Gold Spinners, in The Blue Fairy Book… …

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  • 9yarn — [ jarn ] noun * 1. ) uncount cotton, wool, or other fibers in the form of thick THREAD (=a substance like string): a ball of yarn 2. ) count INFORMAL a long story with a lot of exciting details spin (someone) a yarn to give someone a long… …

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  • 10yarn — [ja:n US ja:rn] n [: Old English; Origin: gearn] 1.) [U] thick thread made of cotton or wool, which is used to ↑knit things 2.) informal a story of adventures, travels etc, usually made more exciting and interesting by adding things that never… …

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