bobbin

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Watching the colors load up onto the bobbin is always so inspiring.

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  1. noun A spool or reel that holds thread or yarn for spinning, weaving, knitting, sewing, or making lace.
  2. noun Narrow braid formerly used as trimming.

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  • BELMONT, N.C. -- A yarn bobbin is the central image on Belmont's seal. —  The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front
  • I'm about 2 / 3 of the way through my second bobbin, and I'm still very excited about the project. —  bowerbird knits
  • Watching the colors load up onto the bobbin is always so inspiring. —  The Woolen Rabbit
  • The family settled in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, and at the age of thirteen, young Andrew found his first job in a cotton factory as a bobbin-boy at $1.20 a week. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • There are many different types of bobbins which have evolved over the thousands of years that lace has been made, and in each of it†™ s forms the bobbin is suited to the particular kind of lace that is being made. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
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  1. French bobine.

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  1. Formerly bobin; = Dutch bobijn = Italian dial. bobina, from French bobine, a bobbin; of unknown origin, perhaps Celtic; cf. Gaelic baban, a tassel, fringe, babag, a cluster, tassel. This would bring bobine into connection with English dial. bobbin, a small fagot (unless this is a variant of babbin = bavin), and bobbin, a little knob hanging by a string attached to a latch. See bob.
  2. from bobbin, n.
 

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