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OP "Fancy Yarn is made by twisting together threads of different counts, colours, materials or
twistings, at regular or irregular tensions, and in the same or opposite directions. The
effects thus produced are known in commerce under a great variety of names, of which
the following are a few. Grandrelle is probably the one in greatest demand; it has a
mottled effect which is due to uniformly twisting together two threads of different colours,
but of approximately equal counts. In some cases the folding twist is slight, in others it is
1 the strand of twisted and drawn-out fibers of cotton, wool, silk, etc. from which yarns are made
considerable. Mock Grandrelle presents a similar appearance to true grandrelle, but is
made at the spinning machine by twisting together two rovings that are dyed in different
colours."
In the paragraph above, the word "roving" was used.
roving
n.
5< ROVE26
1 the strand of twisted and drawn-out fibers of cotton, wool, silk, etc. from which yarns are made
2 the process of preparing such a strand
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