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CODILLA

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 635 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CODILLA , the name given to the broken See also:

fibres which are separated from the See also:flax during the scutching See also:process. On this See also:account it is sometimes termed scutching See also:tow. Quantities of this material are used along with heckled tow in the See also:production of tow yarns.

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