 Singles is formed of one of the reeled threads being twisted in order to give it strength and firmness. Tram is formed of two or more threads twisted together. In this state it is commonly used in weaving, as the shoot or weft. Thrown silJe is formed...  A Handy Dictionary of Commercial Information - Page 390by Edward T. Blakely - 1878 - 485 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cooke Taylor - Spinning - 1843 - 242 pages
...being twisted so as to give it more strength and consistency, receives the collective name of singles. Tram is formed of two or more threads twisted together. In this state it is employed in weaving, forming the shoot, or weft. Thrown silk is analogous to the warp-yarn in the cotton... | |
 | Dictionary - Commerce - 1844 - 412 pages
...fibres, it is converted into one of three forms, viz : singles, tram, or organzine. Singles is formed of one of the reeled threads being twisted in order to...commonly used in weaving, as the shoot or weft. Thrown silJe is formed of two, three, or more singles, according to the substance required, being twisted... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Commercial products - 1849 - 164 pages
...it is converted into one of three forms, namely, singles, tram, or or gamine. Singles is formed of one of the reeled threads, being twisted, in order...is formed of two or more threads twisted together. Thrown Silk is formed of two, three, or more singles, according to the substance required, being twisted... | |
 | Financial Reform Association (Liverpool, England) - Finance - 1851 - 600 pages
...of one reeled thread, being twisted in order to give it strength and firmness; or second, "train," formed of two or more threads twisted together; in...this state it is commonly used, in weaving, as the weft, or transverse threads of the web, termed in the silk manufacture the shoot ; or third, " thrown... | |
 | J. A. Beil - 1855 - 756 pages
...singeing or burning the nap of cloth) * Die Sengmaschine * Machine /. a grillage. Single, s. (formed of one of the reeled threads, being twisted in order to give it strength and firmness) * Die Pelseide, Pelo * Foil, m. Single-block furnace s. for refining iron (of former days) * Der Stiicltofen,... | |
 | Edwin Lankester - 1864 - 1052 pages
...— singles, trams, and orgamines, or thrown silk. Singles consist of a single reeled thread, twisted to give it strength and firmness ; tram is formed of two or more threads twisted together, — in these states it is used for forming the shoot or weft ; organzine, or thrown silk, consists of two,... | |
 | Edwin Lankester - Animal fibers - 1862 - 398 pages
...singles, trams, and organzines, or thrown silk. Singles consist of a single reeled thread, twisted to give it strength and firmness ; tram is formed of two or more threads twisted together, — in these states it is used for forming the shoot or weft ; organzine, or thrown silk, consists of two,... | |
 | William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 1090 pages
...into one of three forms— viz. singles, tram, or orgatisine. Singles (a collective noun) is formed of one of the reeled threads, being twisted, in order to give it strength and firmness. Tram is furmed of two or more threads twisted together. Ill this state it is commonly used in weaving, as the... | |
 | William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 1090 pages
...formed of i*' of the reeled threads, being twistod, iu unJtr j to give it strength and firmness. 'irnm is formed of two or more threads ! twisted together. In this state it is commonly used iu weaving, as the shout or weft. Thrown rilk is formed of two, three, or more singles, according to... | |
 | Edwin Lankester - Zoology, Economic - 1876 - 396 pages
...singles, trams, and organzines, or thrown silk. Singles consist of a single reeled thread, twisted to give it strength and firmness ; tram is formed of two or more threads twisted together, — in these states it is used for forming the shoot or weft ; organzine, or thrown silk, consists of two,... | |
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