roving

• She said knitting kits with hand-spun yarn, spindles, sparkle sock yarn and naturally dyed roving will be available among other items. —  The Journal-Standard Homepage RSS
• The roving -- and most likely growing -- band of annoyed Kindle owners includes such folks as Connecticut librarian Crystal O'Brien, who spends "a few minutes every day in the Kindle book store tagging the more expensive digital books with the '9 99 boycott' tag and removing it once the price drops below the threshold." —  Crave: The gadget blog
• We have nearly 30 teachers who are roving, meaning they have to push a cart around school to find available space to hold class.
• By the first spinning the fibers were drawn out and slightly attenuated into what was called a roving, and by the second spinning the roving itself passed through a similar cycle of operations to bring it to the required degree of attenuation and twist Many improvements in the primitive wheel were introduced from time to time. —  Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades
• Peele's patent on carding, roving, and spinning 1782--Date of Watt's patent for the steam-engine 1783--Bounty granted in England for the export of certain cotton goods 1785--Power loom invented by Cartwright. —  Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades

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