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CREWEL
Noun
crewel (countable and uncountable, plural crewels)
Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.
Verb
crewel (third-person singular simple present crewels, present participle crewelling, simple past and past participle crewelled)
(transitive) To make (embroidery) using the crewel method.
Source: Wiktionary
Crew"el (kr"l), n. Etym: [Perh. for clewel, dim. of clew a ball of thread; or cf. D. krul curl, E. curl. sq. root26.]
Definition: Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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