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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 109 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TOW , the See also:

term given in textile manufacture to the See also:short See also:fibres formed during the processes of scutching and hackling, and also to the yarns which are made from these fibres. A See also:special See also:machine termed a See also:carding See also:engine or a tow card is used to See also:form these fibres into a sliver, this sliver then passes to the See also:drawing frames, and thereafter follows the same See also:process as See also:line yarns in See also:flax See also:spinning.

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