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yarn
A story. A word chiefly used by seamen. To spin a long yarn, is to tell a long or tedious story. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Found only in 1 Kings 10:28, 2 Chr. 1:16. The Heb. word mikveh, i.e., "a stringing together," so rendered, rather signifies a host, or company, or a string of horses. The Authorized Version has: "And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price;" but the Revised Version correctly renders: "And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price."
A story. A word chiefly used by seamen. To spin a long yarn, is to tell a long or tedious story. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.