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11Spun silk — Spun Spun (sp[u^]n), imp. & p. p. of {Spin}. [1913 Webster] {Spun hay}, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage, as on a military expedition. {Spun silk}, a cheap article produced from floss, or short fibered, broken, and waste silk,… …
12Spun yarn — Spun Spun (sp[u^]n), imp. & p. p. of {Spin}. [1913 Webster] {Spun hay}, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage, as on a military expedition. {Spun silk}, a cheap article produced from floss, or short fibered, broken, and waste silk,… …
13long — [adj1] extended in space or time continued, deep, distant, drawn out, elongate, elongated, enduring, enlarged, expanded, extensive, faraway, far off, far reaching, gangling, great, high, lanky, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering, lofty,… …
14Spun — Spin Spin (sp[i^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spun}(Archaic imp. {Span}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spinning}.] [AS. spinnan; akin to D. & G. spinnen, Icel. & Sw. spinna, Dan. spinde, Goth. spinnan, and probably to E. span. [root]170. Cf. {Span}, v. t.,… …
15Long Mynd — The Long Mynd in Shropshire, England, is a part of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is convert|10|mi|km south of the county town Shrewsbury, and has an area of over 22 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi). The name Long Mynd… …
16Long ball — Introduction Long ball is the term used in association football to describe an attempt, often speculative, to distribute the ball a long distance down the field via a cross, without the intention to pass it to the feet of the receiving player. It …
17spun sugar — noun a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature • Syn: ↑cotton candy, ↑candyfloss • Hypernyms: ↑candy, ↑confect * * * ˌspun ˈsugar 7 [spun sugar] …
18long-drawn-out — adj lengthy, long winded, spun out, overlong, prolonged, interminable, tedious, marathon, overextended, long drawn FORMAL protracted, prolix COLLOQ. dragging on ≠ brief, curtailed * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective also long drawn ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ …
19long — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lengthy, elongated; tedious; extended, protracted. See length. adv. in great degree, for a time. See durability. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Extended in space] Syn. lengthy, extended, outstretched,… …
20Long line (telecommunications) — See also long line (topology) and long line fishing. In telephone systems nomenclature a long line is a transmission line in a long distance communications network such as carrier systems, microwave radio relay links, geosynchronous satellite… …
