worsted

• The long is used for worsted, which is finished when it leaves the loom; the short for cloth, which is compacted together, increased in bulk and diminished in breadth, by fulling; that is, so beating as to take advantage of the serrated edges of the wool which lead it to felt together Foreign wool, known as merino, has been used from an early period. —  Rides on Railways
• But he is a good man, and may perhaps outgrow it Many thanks for the worsted, which is excellent. —  Cowper
• When my sister came home at night, the worsted was all sorted on the table in parcels for the girls who would come the next morning, while I was busily engaged in the experiment of making little worsted tassels. —  A Practical Illustration of "Woman's Right to Labor" A Letter from Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.D. Late of Berlin, Prussia
• Of course he was worsted, and in the end, from sheer weakness, he went back to her once more. —  Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories
• He would not admit that he was worsted -- would not humble his pride even before the ornaments on the mantelpiece. —  With Edged Tools

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms