A small knot or lump in wool or cloth.

Some kind of defect in cloth.

A thick place (in cloth).

A flaw in cloth. Also fig. (Now chiefly dialect)

An imperfection or cockle in a piece of cloth, caused by different kinds of yarn being woven together. Cf. cockle, n.3 Obsolete.

A fragment, splinter; a particle of chaff; a bit of fluff sticking up on the surface of cloth, etc.; a particle of any hard substance in wool, etc.

In the manufacture of linen: particles of woody tissue appearing as dark flecks on the surface of the yarn or fabric during the manufacturing…

In the manufacture of linen: particles of woody tissue appearing as dark flecks on the surface of the yarn or fabric during the manufacturing…

Textiles. (See quots.)

A small ball of fluff formed by rubbing or wear on the surface of a fabric, esp. a knitted textile. Cf. pill, v.3, and pilling, n.3

Dirt or discolouring matter on cloth.