Reel
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A short dictionary entry on the reel from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary. It defines the reel as a revolving device for winding fiber, thread, cord, rope or fabric into hanks or skeins. It gives specific senses for cotton machinery (840-yard hanks made from 120-yard lays, on a reel 4½ feet in circumference), silk reeling, and rope-making. A line drawing shows a cotton yarn reel on a wooden frame.
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- Article
- Date
- 1876
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- English
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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