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| Habit |
In The 17th Century It Meant For Men
The Suit Of Clothes All In The Same Cloth Or Colour. The Court Habit In
The 17th And 18th Centuries Meant Men's Clothes, And The Grand Habit
Women's, Worn Only At Court And At Festivities Where The Court Was
Present.
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| Hackling (flax)S |
A Process In Which Stricks Of
Scutched Flax Are Combed From End To End, Both To Remove Short Fibre,
Naps (or Neps), And Non-fibrous Material, And To Sub-divide And
Parallelize The Fibre Strands.
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| Hair |
Animal Fibre Other Than Sheep's Wool
Or Silk., Note: It Is Recognized That This Definition Implies A
Distinction Between Sheep's Wool And The Covering Of Other Animals,
Notwithstanding The Similarity In Their Fibre Characteristics. Thus The
Crimped Form And The Scaly Surface Are Not Confined To Sheep's Wool. It
Seems Desirable In The Textile Industry, However, To Avoid Ambiguity By
Confining The Term Wool To The Covering Or Sheep And To Have Available A
General Term For Other Fibres Of Animal Origin. Normally The Less
Widely Used Fibres Are Known By Name E.g., Alpaca, Mohair, Etc., But
Collectively They Should Be Classed As Hair. A Difficulty Arises When It
Is Desired To Distinguish Between The Fibres Of The Undercoat And The
Remainder Of The Fleece; For Instance, Between The Soft Short Camel Hair
Used For Blankets And The Coarse Long Camel Hair Used For Belting. The
Term Wool Is Sometimes Used For The Shorter Fibre, Qualified By The Name
Of The Animal, E.g., Cashmere Wool.
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| Hairy |
Refers To Fabrics With A Lot Of
Protruding Fibers On The Surface.
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| Hammered Satin |
A Satin Fabric With An Allover
Surface Texture That Looks Like Hammered Metal.
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| Handkerchief Linen |
A Fine Lightweight Plain Weave
Fabric Of Linen Or A Linen Blend. Used In Blouses, Dresses
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| Handle; Hand (u.s.) |
The Quality Of A Fabric Or Yarn
Assessed By The Reaction Obtained From The Sense Of Touch., Note: It Is
Concerned With The Subjective Judgement Of Roughness, Smoothness,
Harshness, Pliability, Thickness, Etc.
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| Hank |
(1) A Synonym For Skein. Textile
Linear Material In Coiled Form., (2) A Definite Length Of Sliver,
Slubbing, Roving, Or Yarn, E.g., In The Metric System It Is 1000
Metres., (3) A Synonym For Count As Applied To Sliver, Slubbing, Or
Roving.
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| Hank Sizing |
The Application Of Size Solution To
Yarn In Hanks.
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| Hard |
Describing Fabrics With A Firm,
Coarse Hand.
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| Hardening |
Treatment Of Man-made
Regenerated-protein Filaments So As To Render Them Completely Insoluble
In Cold Water And Cold Dilute Saline Solutions.
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| Harlequin |
A Design Motif Dominated By Diamond
Shapes Or Checks In 3 Or More Contrasting Colors As In A Harlequin
Costume.
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| Harris Tweed |
A Woolen Tweed Fabric Hand Woven On
The Outer Hebrides Islands Off The Coast Of Scotland. (harris Is One Of
These Islands) Genuine Harris Tweeds Are Certified By The Harris Tweed
Association.
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| Haul-off Roller; Haul-off Roll |
The First Driven Roller Around Which
An Extruded Yarn Passes After Leaving The Spinneret, And Whose Surface
Speed Determines The Spin-stretch Ratio.
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| Haute Couture |
Hi-fashion Garments (of Which Only A
Single Price Is Produced) Its Extravagant, Its Irrational, Its Unique
And Its Totally Unaffordable.
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| Head (jute) |
One Of A Number Of Bunches Of Raw
Jute Forming A Bale. The Heads Are Each Given A Twist And Folded Over
Before Being Made Into The Bale.
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| Heat Setting |
The Process Of Conferring Stability
Of Form Upon Fibres, Yarns, Or Fabrics, Usually By Means Of Successive
Heating And Cooling In Moist Or Dry Conditions.
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| Heat Transfer Printed |
A Method Of Printing Fabric By
Transferring A Design From A Paper To Fabric By Passing Them Together
Through Heated Rollers Or A Heated Press. Also Called Sublistatic
Printing Or Sublimation Printing.
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| Heather |
See Melange/heather
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| Hemp, True |
A Fine Light-coloured, Lustrous, And
Strong Bast Fibre, Obtained From The Hemp Plant, Cannabis Sativa L. ,
Note: The Colour And Cleanliness Vary Considerably According To The
Method Of Preparation Of The Fibre, The Lower Grades Being Dark Cream
And Containing Much Non-fibrous Matter. The Fibre Is Obtained By
Retting. Its Principal Use Is In Twine And Cordage, But Some Of The
Finer Grades Are Used In Weaving. The Fibre Ranges In Length From 1 To
2.5m (3 To 8 ft). The Term 'hemp' Is Often Incorrectly Used In A Generic
Sense For Fibres From Different Plants, E.g., Manila 'hemp' (abaca) From
Musa Textilis Nee; Sisal 'hemp' From Agave Sisalana Perrine; Sunn 'hemp'
(sunn Fibre) From Crotalaria Juncea L.
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| Henequen |
The Fibre Obtained From The Leaf Of
Agava Fourcroydes Lemaire.
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| Herringbone |
A Broken Twill Weave In Which The
Twill Line Reverses Regularly Forming Zig Zag V's. Also Called Fishbone.
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| Hessen |
See Barras.
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| Hessian |
See Burlap/hessian.
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| High Charged System |
A Method Of Dry Cleaning In Which An
Oil-soluble Reagent Such As Petroleum Sulphonate Is Added To The Solvent
So That A Significant Amount Of Water Can Be Added To Obtain A
Substantially Clear Dispersion Of Water In The Solvent. In A
High-charged System The Concentration Of Added Reagent, A So-called
Detergent Is 4% While, In A Low-charged System The Concentration Ranges
From ¾% To 2%.
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| High Count |
Refers To Fabrics Woven With A
Relatively High Thread Count, Resulting In A Dense, Tight Fabric.
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| High Twist |
Refers To Yarn That Are Manufactured
With A Relatively High Number Of Turns Per Inch . This May Be Done To
Increase The Yarn Strength Or To Give The Fabric A Crepey Texture Or
Hand.
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| High/low |
1. Pile Fabrics That Have Variation
In Pile Height 2 A Corduroy With Wales Of 2 Or More Different Widths.
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| High-bulk Yarn |
A Yarn That Has Been Treated
Mechanically, Physically Or Chemically So As To Have A Noticeably
Greater Voluminosity Or Bulk.
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High-speed Spinning (melt
Spinning)
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A Melt Spinning Process In Which
Filaments Are Drawn Down And Collected At High Speeds. |
Hog Wool; Hoggett Wool
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The First Clip From A Sheep Not
Shorn As A Lamb., Also Termed Tag/teg Wool (obsolescent) |
| Holland/shadecloth |
A Plain Weave Fabric Similar To
Sheeting With A Stiff Sometimes Glazed Finish . Often Of Linen Or
Cotton. Frequently Used For Shades.
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| Hollow Filament |
A Man-made Fibre Continuous Filament
Or Fibre With A Single Continuous Lumen.
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| Hologram |
A Three Dimensional Effect Produced
With A Laser That Changes With The Angle Of View And Reflects Light In A
Striking Way . Often Printed On Reflective Material.
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| Homespun |
A Plain Weave Fabric Loosely Woven
With Coarse Uneven Yarns That Look As If They Were Spun By Hand.
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| Homopolymer |
A Polymer In Which The Repeating
Units Are All The Same (cf. Copolymer).
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| Honan |
A High Quality, Plain Weave Pongee
Fabric Made With Wild Silk From Henan In Eastern China.
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| Honeycomb |
A Pique Fabric With A Waffle Or
Cellular Appearance. May Be Woven Or Knit.
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| Honeydew |
The Result Of Infestation Of Growing
Cotton By Aphids Of Whitefly. It Takes The Form Of More Or Less Randomly
Distributed Droplets Of Highly Concentrated Sugars, Causing Cotton
Stickiness.
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| Hopsack |
See Basket Weave/hopsack.
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| Hose (narrow Fabric) |
A Tubular Woven Fabric For Conveying
Liquid Under Pressure., Note: Hose Is Manufactured In Both Unlined And
Lined Forms. When Unlined, The Weave Is Plain And The Material Is
Generally Flax Or Hemp With A Weaving Density So Arranged That When The
Fibres Swell On Wetting, The Fabric Becomes Tight Enough To Reduce
Percolation Under Pressure To A Negligible Amount. For Lined Hose,
Fibres Other Than Flax Or Hemp May Be Used In A Plain Or Twill Weave.
Light-weight Hose Woven From Synthetic Yams May Incorporate An
Independent Tubular Plastic Lining, Which Is Introduced
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| Hosiery |
(1) Knitted Coverings For The Feet
And Legs., (2) Formerly In The UK., The Term Was Used In The Generic
Sense Of All Types Of Knitted Fabrics And, Goods Made Up Therefrom.
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| Hosiery Knitting Machine |
A Knitting Machine For The
Production Of Hosiery. Most Are Small-diameter Latch-needle Circular
Knitting Machines
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Hot Drawing (synthetic Filaments
And Films)
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A Term Applied To The Drawing Of
Synthetic Filaments Or Films With The Intentional Application Of
External Heat.
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| Hot Mercerization |
See Mercerization
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| Hottenroth Number |
A Measure Of The Degree Of Ripening
Of Viscose, Note: A Hottenroth Number Is Expressed As The Number Of
Milliliters Of 10% Ammonium Chloride Solution That It Is Necessary To
Add To A Somewhat Diluted Viscose (solution) To Induce Incipient
Coagulation Under Standard Conditions.
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| Houndstooth |
A Pointed Broken Check Design . Most
Commonly A Woven Produced With Contrasting Yarns In Groups Or Multiples
Of 4, Woven In A 2x2 Twill. Sometimes Called Dogstooth.
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| Huarizo |
See Alpaca Fibre
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| Huckaback |
A Soft Toweling Fabric With Short,
Loosely Twisted Filling Floats To Aid Absorption, And A Birdseye Or
Honeycomb Surface Texture . It Is Sometimes Embroidered.
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| Hue |
That Attribute Of Colour Whereby It
Is Recognized As Being Predominantly Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Violet,
Brown, Bordeaux, Etc.
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| Hue |
Is The Shades And Degrees Of Color
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| Hurluberlu Or Hurlupe |
Appeared About 1671, A Female
Hairstyle In Which Short Curls Covered The Entire Head.
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| Husks (silk) |
Silk Waste Remaining On Cocoons At
The Bottom Of The Basin After Reeling.
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| Hydrolysis |
The Chemical Decomposition Of A
Substance By Water.
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| Hydrophilic |
Having An Affinity For Water.
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| Hydrophobic |
Having No Affinity For Water.
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| Hygral Expansion |
The Reversible Changes In Length And
Width Of Fabrics Containing Hygroscopic Fibres As A Result Changes In
Regain
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