• n. From the verb "spin", a word inherited from Germanic "spinnan" "spinna" "spine" "spinnen". The action or process of converting the fibres into thread or yarn, that is, the process of making yarn or thread from staple fibre. This process could be done by hand-labour or with machinery.

• http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300239729 (Silk Heritage Thesaurus)

• The American Silk Journal. A Dictionary of Silk Terms. New York: Clifford & Lawton, 1915; CIETA. Vocabulary of technical terms of fabrics (English, French, Italian, Spanish). Lyon: Centre International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens, 1964; Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2015.

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