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worsted

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wor·sted  (wstd, wûrstd)
n.
1. Firm-textured, compactly twisted woolen yarn made from long-staple fibers.
2. Fabric made from such yarn.
[Middle English, variant of worthstede, after Worthstede (Worstead), a village of eastern England.]
worsted adj.
worsted [wooss-tid]
Noun
a close-textured woollen fabric used to make jackets and trousers [after Worstead, a district in Norfolk]
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Noun1.worsted - a woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap; woven of worsted yarns "he wore a worsted suit"
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
2.worsted - a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool
worsted yarn
thread, yarn - a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
Translations

worsted [ˈwustɪd] n (wool) worsted → estambre m
worsted [ˈwustɪd] n (wool) worsted → laine peignée
worsted [ˈwustɪd] n → Kammgarn nt
worsted [ˈwustɪd] n (wool) worsted → lana pettinata


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"I kin remember when her two feet was no bigger dan yer t'umb, and she weared worsted boots," moaned she.
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Crane, Stephen View in context
But the black kitten had been finished with earlier in the afternoon, and so, while Alice was sitting curled up in a corner of the great arm-chair, half talking to herself and half asleep, the kitten had been having a grand game of romps with the ball of worsted Alice had been trying to wind up, and had been rolling it up and down till it had all come undone again; and there it was, spread over the hearth-rug, all knots and tangles, with the kitten running after its own tail in the middle.
Through the Looking Glass by Carroll, Lewis View in context
Poor Sag-Harbor, therefore, seems worsted all round.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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