thrown singles

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thrown singles - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Thrown \Thrown\ (thr[=o]n),
     a. & p. p. from Throw, v.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Thrown silk, silk thread consisting of two or more singles
        twisted together like a rope, in a direction contrary to
        that in which the singles of which it is composed are
        twisted. --M'Culloch.
  
     Thrown singles, silk thread or cord made by three processes
        of twisting, first into singles, two or more of which are
        twisted together making dumb singles, and several of these
        twisted together to make thrown singles.
        [1913 Webster]