- A sudden swoop - Cat’s leap - Spring or swoop - Swoop - A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, --
formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript. - Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making
patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace
makers, etc. - To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or
a pattern.
- Little Robert put nib back on spool - Reel - Sewing machine reel - Small reel - Spool Bob placed on bin - A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most
commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is
wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a
slight tension. - A spool or reel of various material and construction, with
a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its
length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to
hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing
machines, etc.
- Fellow gets loose fibre - Linen fibre - Linen plant - Linseed oil source - Plant fibre - Source of linen - A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which
has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue
flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth,
called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from
the seed.