Yarn

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.

II. Yarn ·noun A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn.

III. Yarn ·noun 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.

Related Words

Yarn
Found only in 1 Kings 10:28, 2 Chr. 1:16. The Heb. word mikveh, i.e., "a stringing together," so ren...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
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.
yarn
One of the threads of which ropes are composed. A number of these are twisted together to form a str...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Yarn
The notice of yarn is contained in an extremely obscure passage in (1 Kings 10:28; 2 Chronicles 1:16...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Bay yarn
·- Woolen yarn. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Rope-yarn
·noun the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Saxony yarn
·add. ·- A fine grade of woolen yarn twisted somewhat harder and smoother than zephyr yarn. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Linen-yarn
(See Yarn.) ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
rogue's yarn
A yarn twisted the contrary way to the rest of a rope, for detecting theft or embezzlement. Being ta...

The Sailor's Word-Book
rope-yarn
The smallest and simplest part of any rope, being one of the large threads of hemp or other stuff, s...

The Sailor's Word-Book
spun-yarn
A small line, formed of two, three, or more old rope-yarns not laid, but twisted together by hand or...

The Sailor's Word-Book
yarn-spinning
A figurative expression for telling a story. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
spin a yarn, to
To tell a long story; much prized in a dreary watch, if not tedious. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book