Glossary S

Deutsch: Spinnen / Español: Hilado / Português: Fiação / Français: Filature / Italiano: Filatura /

Spinning is described as the process of drawing and twisting fibers together to produce thread or yarn. Likewise, it is the process of converting fibres into yarn.

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Spirits are any beverage which contains alcohol obtained by distillation, mixed with water or other substance in solution, and shall include brandy, rum, whiskey, gin or other spirituous liquors and such liquors when rectified, blended, or otherwise mixed with alcohol or other substances.

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Deutsch: Abdruck / Español: Estampar / Português: Carimbo / Français: Timbre / Italiano: Timbro /

Stamp can be a rubber, wood, or even potato etched in a design which is then ink and used to apply the design to some medium. This can be as mundane as stamping a library book with the due date, or as cool as the Brittish hobby known as letterboxing which you can read about in a Smithsonian from 1997 or 1998.

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The term sofa or SOFA may refer to the following:

• sofa (also couch, settee, chesterfield, divan, davenport, lounge, canapé) a piece of furniture that seats two or more people in the form of a bench, and has a backrest

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Suncured alfalfa pellets are produced from alfalfa hay, which has been ground and pelleted. The meal is produced by regrinding the pellets.

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Deutsch: Stanzen oder Drucken / Español: Estampado o Impresión / Português: Estampagem ou Impressão / Français: Estampage ou Impression / Italiano: Stampaggio o Stampa /

Stamping or Printing is described as the process whereby fabrics or other fiber art are decorated with rubber stamps or other objects and inks or dyes.

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Sanitary papers includes cellulose wadding, tissue and crepe paper, made from waste paper and/or chemical pulp - also with admixtures of mechanical pulp.
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Wadding (Wadding refers to a soft, bulky material used ...)

Storm trysail is described as a very strong sail used in stormy weather. It is loose footed, being attached to the mast, but not the boom. This helps prevent boarding waves from damaging the sail or the rigging.
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Boom (Boom is described as a pole securing the bottom ...)

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