spun silk
絹絲
Spun imp. & p. p. of Spin.
Spun hay, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage, as on a military expedition.
Spun silk, a cheap article produced from floss, or short-fibered, broken, and waste silk, carded and spun, in distinction from the long filaments wound from the cocoon. It is often mixed with cotton.
Spun yarn Naut., a line formed of two or more rope-yarns loosely twisted.
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