dimity
nounManufacturing
A light strong fabric with woven stripes or squares.
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dingleberry
Any residual irregularity following processing.
discharge
verbManufacturing
To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
DJ
nounManufacturing
Initialism of dinner jacket.
DK
nounManufacturing
Initialism of double knitting.
doff
verbManufacturing
To remove (small pieces of cotton or other plant fibre, etc.) from a carding cylinder.
dome
nounManufacturing
A press stud or snap fastener.
dousing-chock
One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads.
DPN
nounManufacturing
Initialism of double-pointed needle(s).
drape
nounManufacturing
The way in which fabric falls or hangs.
draw
verbManufacturing
Senses relating to extracting or selecting.
drawboy
nounManufacturing
A boy who operates the harness cords of a drawloom.
drawnwork
nounManufacturing
The ornamental working of linen or other fabric by drawing out threads according to a pattern.
drop
nounManufacturing
A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
drop-in
adjectiveManufacturing
Fit to substitute for some element in a complex system without changes to the existing infrastructure.
dropbox
nounManufacturing
An enhancement to a loom that allows patterns of multiple colors to be woven from the same loom.
dtr
nounManufacturing
Abbreviation of double treble crochet.
Duvetyn
nameManufacturing
A dense twill or sateen-woven fabric characterized by a velvetlike nap on one side and a matte finish with high opacity.
earing
nounManufacturing
A manufacturing defect in which the edges of sheet metal form a wave pattern during deep drawing.
ease
nounManufacturing
Relief, an end to discomfort
emerize
verbManufacturing
To pass (fabric) over emery-covered rollers to give it a soft finish.
EPS
nounManufacturing
Initialism of expanded polystyrene (“plastic foam”).
escape
nounManufacturing
A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility.
everlasting
nounManufacturing
Synonym of lasting (“(uncountable) a durable, plain, woven fabric formerly used for making clothes and for the uppers of women's shoes; (countable) a quantity of such fabric”).
explicit modeling
nounManufacturing
A type of digital modeling that defines surfaces, edges, nodes, and points either via solid models or via wireframe models.
expression
nounManufacturing
The act of pressing or squeezing out.
extra extra extra large
adjectiveManufacturing
That is extra extra extra large (the manufactured size).
extra extra extra small
adjectiveManufacturing
That is extra extra extra small (the manufactured size).
extra extra large
adjectiveManufacturing
That is extra extra large (the manufactured size).
extra extra small
adjectiveManufacturing
That is extra extra small (the manufactured size).
extra large
adjectiveManufacturing
That is extra large (the manufactured size).
extra small
adjectiveManufacturing
That is extra small (the manufactured size).
eyebrowing
nounManufacturing
The buildup of waste fibers on a spinning frame.
factory second
nounManufacturing
A retail item that, through minor fault of manufacture, is sold to the public for a reduced rate.
fair
adjectiveManufacturing
Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
fall home
verbManufacturing
To curve inward; said of the timbers or upper parts of a ship's side which are much within a perpendicular.
FAN
nounManufacturing
Initialism of free amino nitrogen, amino acids available for yeast metabolism.
fascet
nounManufacturing
A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace.
fay
verbManufacturing
Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.
FDM
nounManufacturing
Initialism of fused deposition modeling: a type of additive manufacturing.
firewater
nounManufacturing
Water for use in firefighting.
first article
nounManufacturing
A preproduction model, initial sample or pilot model.
flank
nounManufacturing
Either of the two pockets located on the seat of a pair of pants.
flatlock
nounManufacturing
A style of stitching that creates a seam where the seam allowance lies flat to the garment instead of hanging loose from it.
flexible
nounManufacturing
Something that is flexible.
flighter
nounManufacturing
A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, so as to produce a circular current in the liquor.
float
nounManufacturing
A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
flouncy
adjectiveManufacturing
Of a garment, etc.: having a flounce (“strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge”) or flounces; gathered and pleated.
flutter
nounManufacturing
One or more objects or phenomena that flutter, that move as if fluttering, that appear to be fluttering or that cause fluttering; something fluttery.
forefoot
nounManufacturing
A piece of timber terminating the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.
fork beam
nounManufacturing
A half beam to support a deck, where hatchways occur.
fully fashioned
adjectiveManufacturing
Of knitwear: shaped during the knitting process by increasing or decreasing the number of wales.
fur out
verbManufacturing
Synonym of fur (“to level a surface by applying furring to it”).
furring
nounManufacturing
Double planking of a ship's side.
galatea
nounManufacturing
A strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave
garboard strake
nounManufacturing
The first course of planking laid next to a ship's keel, forming the bottommost part of the hull.
gassing
nounManufacturing
The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibres.
gazar
nounManufacturing
A silk organza, a lightweight fabric with a plain weave.
gimped
adjectiveManufacturing
Adorned with gimp (decorative trim); edged or embroidered.
GPD
nounManufacturing
Initialism of grams per denier.