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Webster 1913 Edition


Yarn

Yarn

,
Noun.
[OE.
yarn
,
ȝarn
, AS.
gearn
; akin to D.
garen
, G., OHG., Icel., Sw., & Dan.
garn
; of uncertain origin. Cf.
Cord
.]
1.
Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like.
2.
(Rope Making)
One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.
3.
A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale;
as, to spin a
yarn
.
[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Yarn

YARN

,
Noun.
1.
Spun wool; woolen thread; but it is applied also to other species of thread, as to cotton and linen.
2.
In rope-making, one of the threads of which a rope is composed. It is spun from hemp.

Definition 2024


yarn

yarn

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A basket of yarn (twisted fiber)

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yarn (countable and uncountable, plural yarns)

  1. (uncountable) A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.
  2. (nautical) Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.
  3. (countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 4, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.

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yarn (third-person singular simple present yarns, present participle yarning, simple past and past participle yarned)

  1. to tell a story

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