单词 | throwst |
释义 | throwstv. Now historical and rare. transitive. To process (silk) for use in textile manufacture by twisting silk filaments into raw silk, or by twisting together two or more single threads or yarns of silk to form silk thread or yarn; = throw v.1 8a. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [verb (transitive)] > manufacture of silk thread or yarn throw1455 throwst1691 1691 W. Sewel New Dict. Eng. & Dutch at Reeden Zy-Reeden, to Throst silk. 1832 J. H. Cobb Man. Mulberry Tree iii. 44 Mr Du Ponceau sent me some of the silk reeled by Mr D'Homergue... I had it throwsted by Mr Brown. 1839 Mem. Exec. Comm. Amer. Silk Soc. 17 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (25th Congr., 3rd Sess.: Senate Doc. 205) III One of the first frames ever built in Massachusetts for throwsting silk is now in his factory at Dedham. 1975 R. J. W. Hammond Compl. Cotswolds & Shakespeare Country 109 Stone cottages..look down on streams which once turned many mill-wheels when women and children throwsted silk for Coventry ribbon-weavers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1691 |
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