Information about Twine
Twine is a strong thread or string composed of two or more smaller strands or yarns twisted together. More generally, the term can be applied to any thin cord.
Natural fibers used for making twine include cotton, sisal, jute, hemp, henequen, and coir. A variety of synthetic fibers may also be used.
Jute is a long, soft, shiny vegetable fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from plants in the genus Corchorus, family Malvaceae.
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Natural fibers used for making twine include cotton, sisal, jute, hemp, henequen, and coir. A variety of synthetic fibers may also be used.
Applications
- as a clothes line
- binding bales in a baler
- binding small parcels
- binding straw in a binder
- gloves made out of wrapped twine in Muay Thai
- making nets
- the tying of lashings
- whipping the end of a rope
- a toy for a pet cat
See also
Thread may refer to:
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- A kind of thin yarn, thin fibers spun together, for textiles and sewing
- Screw thread, which turns rotation into linear movement, by a ridge running in a spiral down the length of a cylinder
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Generally, string is a thin, flexible piece of rope or twine which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects. String can be made from a variety of fibres.
Examples of string use include:
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Examples of string use include:
- String figures, designs formed by weaving string around one's fingers
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Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibers, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery and ropemaking. Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine.
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CORD may refer to:
Cord
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- COPD, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Congress on Research in Dance, a professional society for dance research
- Christian Outreach for Relief & Development, humanitarian organization, based in UK
Cord
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Fibers or fibres (see spelling differences) is a class of hair-like materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces, similar to pieces of thread. They can be spun into filaments, thread, or rope.
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Cotton is a soft fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant (Gossypium sp.), a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, India, and Africa.
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SISAL
Paradigm: functional, dataflow
Appeared in: 1983
Designed by: James McGraw
Developer: James McGraw et al, at University of Manchester, LLNL, Colorado State University, and DEC
Typing discipline: static, strong
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Paradigm: functional, dataflow
Appeared in: 1983
Designed by: James McGraw
Developer: James McGraw et al, at University of Manchester, LLNL, Colorado State University, and DEC
Typing discipline: static, strong
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- The word Jute is also used in reference to the Germanic people, the Jutes.
Jute is a long, soft, shiny vegetable fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from plants in the genus Corchorus, family Malvaceae.
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Hemp (from Old English hænep, see cannabis (etymology)) is the common name for plants of the genus Cannabis, although the term is often used to refer only to Cannabis strains cultivated for industrial (non-drug) use.
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A. fourcroydes
Binomial name
Agave fourcroydes
Lem.
Henequen is an agave Agave fourcroydes (Lem.
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Binomial name
Agave fourcroydes
Lem.
Henequen is an agave Agave fourcroydes (Lem.
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Coir (from Malayalam kayar, cord) is a coarse fibre extracted from the fibrous outer shell of a coconut.
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Structure
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Synthetic fibres are the result of extensive research by scientists to increase and improve upon the supply of naturally occurring animal and plant fibres that have been used in making cloth and rope.
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clothes line or washing line is any type of string, rope, cord, or twine that has been stretched between two points(i.e two sticks), generally outside, above the level of the ground.
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baler is a piece of farm machinery that is used to compress a cut and raked crop (such as hay or straw) into bales and bind the bales with twine. There are several different types of balers that are commonly used.
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Parcel can refer to:
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- A mailable or shippable item other than a letter, book, or other document, particularly as packaging delivered by a postal service or package delivery service.
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reaper-binder, or binder, was a farm implement that improved upon the reaper. The binder was invented in 1872 by Charles Withington. In addition to cutting the small-grain crop, it would also tie the stems into small bundles, or sheaves.
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A net, in its primary meaning, comprises fibers woven in a grid-like structure, as in fishing nets, butterfly nets, cricket nets, or nets used in sporting goals in games such as soccer, basketball, Bossaball and ice hockey.
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A lashing is an arrangement of rope used to secure two or more items together in a somewhat rigid manner. Lashings are most commonly applied to timber poles, and are commonly associated with the scouting movement and with sailors.
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A whipping knot or whipping is a binding of twine around the end of a rope to prevent the fibres of the rope from unravelling.
When a rope is cut, there is a natural tendency for the cut end to fray.
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When a rope is cut, there is a natural tendency for the cut end to fray.
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F. s. catus
Trinomial name
Felis silvestris catus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Felis lybica invalid junior synonym
Felis catus invalid junior synonym[2]
The cat (
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Trinomial name
Felis silvestris catus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Felis lybica invalid junior synonym
Felis catus invalid junior synonym[2]
The cat (
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Several places brag that they have the biggest ball of twine.
Darwin, Minnesota is the home of a ball by Francis A. Johnson. It is 4 meters (13 ft) in diameter and weighs 17,400 pounds (7,900 kg).
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Largest sisal twine ball built by one person
Darwin, Minnesota is the home of a ball by Francis A. Johnson. It is 4 meters (13 ft) in diameter and weighs 17,400 pounds (7,900 kg).
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