| 单词 | nun's thread | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasnun's thread   nun's thread  n. originally Scottish a fine, white thread, formerly spun by nuns. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > 			[noun]		 > cotton > sewing cotton > specific nun's thread1625 marking cotton1805 sixty1894 nun's cotton1939 1625    Orkney & Shetl. Test. I. 138  				Tua vnce of nwnes threid pryce of the vnce x s. 1766    W. Gordon Gen. Counting-house 322  				1 small box nuns thread. 1844    G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. iv. 10  				The making of sewing-thread, known by the names of ‘ounce-thread’ and ‘nun's-thread’. 1960    C. W. Cunnington  et al.  Dict. Eng. Costume 266/2  				Nun's thread, a fine white thread made in the convents of Italy and Flanders and used for netting and lace. < as lemmas  | 
	
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