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Yacht. Yan ′kee gang. Yard. Yard-tack′le. Yarn. Yarn-as-sort′er. Yarn-beam′ing ma-chine′. Yarn-clear′er. Yarn-dress′er. Yarn-me′ter. Yarn-print′er. Yarn-reel. Yarn-scale. Yarn-spool′er. Yarn-test′er. Yarn-wind′er. Yasmas. Yawl. Yel′low-ing. Yel′low-met′al. Yer′gas. Y-level. Yoke. Yoke-ar′bor. Yok′ings. Yufts.

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Yarn-dress′er.

A machine for sizing and polishing yarn.

In the example (Fig. 7380), it consists of a creel carrying rollers a a, which deliver their yarn over another roller, from which it dips beneath the surface of the size in a size-box and is thence led upward, passing devices which whip or brush it to remove superfluous size and give it a polish; it thence is conducted over rollers back and forth, above and below several series of steam-heated pipes arranged flatwise in stories. The letters b c d e f g show the course of the yarn which passes through a reed i, and is then wound upon a reel h in separate hanks, representing the contents of the separate rollers a a.

1877.

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