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silk-throwing
[f. silk n.]
The process of converting raw silk into silk yarn or thread.
1621in Strype Stow's Surv. (1720) II. 234/1 Sundry Strangers that use the Trade of Silk-throwing. 1668Lond. Gaz. No. 259/4 An Act to regulate the Trade of Silk-throwing. 1768Ann. Reg., Chron. 70/2 The proposal for setting up the business of silk-throwing was read. 1887Encycl. Brit. XXII. 62/1 Numerous attempts have been made to simplify the silk-throwing.
attrib.1834–6Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VIII. 709/1 In 1719, a silk-throwing mill was erected at Derby. 1880Encycl. Brit. XIII. 453/1 The raw material for these silk-throwing factories. |
