Spinning
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A very short encyclopedia entry defining spinning as the reduction of silk, flax, hemp, wool, hair and other materials into thread. It mentions spinning on the wheel with distaff and spindle or with other machines, and notes that vegetable fibers such as hemp, flax and nettle are wetted while spinning, whereas silk and wool are spun dry, except for silk spun from cocoons using hot water.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1771
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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