=Weft-way=--Yarn twisted over to the right in spinning. Weft may be either twist-way or weft-way. =W.W.=--Weft-way. =Whip-roll=--_Am. for_ back-rest. =Whip-thread=--The crossing thread in gauze. =Woof=--The weft. =Wraith, Wrathe, or Rathe=--The reed comb used for guiding the yarn to the beam. =Wrap (Warper’s)=--_Vide_ index. =Wyper or Wiper=--_Sc. for_ tappets. =Yarn=--The thread of twisted fibres. INDEX. A Accrington trade, 12 Adhesive substances, 34, 37 American cotton, 16 American trade terms, 165 Analysis of patterns, 90 Antiseptics, 34, 36 Area (circular), 159 Arrangement of looms, 71 Arrangement of shed, 19 B Back beams, 40 Ball sizing, 48 Ball warping, 30 Ball warps, 29 Bare cloth, 81 Beaming or beam warping, 25 Beating up, 55, 61 Becks, 37 Blackburn dobby, 108 Blackburn pick, 59 Blackburn standard list, 154 Blackburn trade, 11 Black oil, 82 Bleaching, 83 Bobbin warpers, 22 Bolton quilts, 131 Bolton reed counts, 147 Bolton trade, 12 Bottoming, 73, 81 Bradford loom, 58 Brake, 69 Brocade, 130 Bullhide, 102 Burnley trade, 12 Bury trade, 13 C Calculations for-- Cloth, 149 Counts, 143 Engines, 158 Healds, 148 Jacquards, 129 Reeds, 146 Sizing, 149, 152 Speeds, 76, 156 Capital invested, 9 Card cutting, 127 Carding, 17 Cards for drop-box, 140 _Cartwright’s_ loom, 4 Casting out, 129 Centre tie, 126 Checks, 133 Checked shirtings, 134 China clay, 36 Chloride of magnesium, 36 Chloride of zinc, 36 Circle swivels, 141 Circular boxes, 140 Circumference, to find, 158 Classification of fancy cloths, 89 Cloth, cotton, 80 Cloth, cover of, 81 Cloth, faults in, 81 Cloth looking, 80 Cloth, uneven, 81 Coal, 158 Cockly cloth, 81 Coloured spots, 141 Coloured warping, 28 Coloured winding, 24 Combing, 17 Common dobby, 108 Contraction, 149 Cop, 21 Cop bottoms, 21 Cop nose, 21 Cords, 87, 102 Cotton, 14 Cotton cloth, 80 Cotton cultivation, 14 Cotton districts, 16 Cotton fibre, 14 Cotton lands, 14 Cotton manufacture--syllabus, 161 Cotton plant, 14 Cotton, selection of, 16 Counterpanes, 131 Counts on beam, 153 Counts, reed, 146 Counts, single yarn, 143 Counts, two and three-fold, 145 Cracks, 81 Creel, 25 Cretonnes, 87 Cross borders, 82 Crossing thread, 111 D