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spun yarn

  1. yarn spun from staple fibers
  2. Naut. a line made of several rope yarns twisted together

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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