A complete dictionary of dry goods and history of silk, linen, wool and other fibrous substances (1892)
Cole, George S. [from old catalog] · Chicago, W. B. Conkey company] · leaf 393
eavymuslin thirty-six inches wide, and the heavy drill thirty inches wide, eachweighing from two and three-fourths to three yards to the pound is about oneand one-fourth cents per yard. To weave the finest sheeting and muslinsthe cost is two to three cents per yard. This is the cost of the mill… … FANCY COTTON LOOM. Weft. The woof or filling of cloth. The threads that cross the warpfrom selvage to selvage. Whalebone. The inaccurate term applied to the horny blades whichtake the place of teeth in the mouths of balaena whales. These blades arefrom three to twelve and fifteen feet long, and…
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