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or successive parts. L. and G. systema, om (G.) syn, with, or to
gether with,-and istasthai, to place or set.
THROSTLE (thros1-sel), n., the diminutive of thrush. Ger. trostle, a
thrush. Perhaps the name, applied to a spinning ame, may have been suggested by some resemblance in the sound of the machine in working to the notes of the thrush. The wcLLowr G machine may have borrowed its name om the willow (A.S. u·elie), a tree, so called because it shoots up rapidly and willingly or eely-in allusion to the eedom and rapidity with which the machine acts. To SLUBBER, is to cover up anything coarsely or carelessly. DOFFING, means putting away or laying aside: d or do o. ; to put o ; hence DO "FER.
CmtPACT', a., close, dense. F. co acte, om pactus, L., driven in, from pango, I dri e, I sten.
RAW, a., imper ct, un nished, undressed. D. rouw; Ger. roh; A.S. hreow, crude. See " Rude," p. 89.
&o'KER, n., one who breaks g ds bought by wholesale or in large packages ; one who sells, as agent, in parts or portions ; one who acts between buyer and seller. Broker may be so denominated om the verb to break.
TEN'DERS, n., attenders; the persons waiting by, watching or supply ing (the machines, &c.) with. From t do, , I reac I tend, I spread, &c.
To trace the various processes a piece of tape passes through, and the various employments i a rds, be re it comes into the market, is a ve cu rious and interesting occupation. Beginning, then, with the rst commercial operations; the cotton used in the manufacture of tapes, having been warehoused in Liverpool, is sold on account of the importer, and bought to the order of the manu cturer by cotton brokers. It is conveyed by canal or railway to Man chester; and when delivered at the works of the pur chaser, is weighed, assorted, mixed, and spread, with a view to obtain equality in the staple. I is then taken to the willowing machine, to be opened or loosened; thence it is trans rred to the blowing machine, which cleans it om dust, and makes it athery. Attached to the blower is a lapping ap paratus, by which the cotton is taken up and laid in
continuous eece upon a roller, in order that it may be conveniently carried to the carding engine,
