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ˈyarn-beam Weaving. [Cf. G. garnbaum.] The roller on which the yarn is wound.1598 Florio, Subbio,..the roule whereon the weauer rouleth vp his web or worke, called a yarne-beame. 1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVIII. 835/2 The cane-roll or yarn-beam, on which the warp is rolled when put into the loom. 1...
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yarn
▪ I. yarn, n. (jɑːn) Forms: 1 ᵹearn, 4 ȝern, iern, yaarn, 4–6 yern(e, 5 ȝarn(e, ȝieren, yeern, 5–7 yarne, 6 yaren, yarone, yeryn, yorne, 6–7 yearne, 7 yearn, 5– yarn. [OE. ᵹearn str. n. = WFris. jern, NFris. jaarn, juarn, MDu. gaern, gar(e)n (Du. garen), OHG., MHG., G. garn yarn, † net, ON. (Sw., Da...
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whip-
whip- in combination. 1. Combinations of the n. a. General attrib., as whip-crack, whip-flick, whip-leather, whip-mark, whip-stroke, whip-thong. b. Instrumental, objective, similative, etc., as whip-cracking (n. and adj.), whip-maker, whip-making, whip-minder, whip-smacking; whip-corrected, whip-lik...
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beam
▪ I. beam, n.1 (biːm) Forms: 1 béam, 2 bæm, beam, 3–4 bem, 4–5 beem, 4–6 beme, (5–6 Sc. beym(e, beim, 5–6 bealme), 6–7 beame, 6– beam. [Common Teutonic: OE. béam ‘tree,’ ‘plank,’ = OFris. bâm, OS. bâm, bôm, MDu., Du. boom, OHG., MHG. boum, Ger. baum ‘tree’:—West Ger. *baumo-z. The East Ger. words, G...
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