Pin-head Sentence Examples
pin-head
In the Mexican the yarns were originally of nearly the same weight and number of threads to the 4 in., an arrangement which gave the cloth an even appearance, thus differing from the "pin-head" or medium makes.
The word is sometimes particularly applied to cloths with a comparatively heavy weft, the distinction being made between the even "Mexican make" and the "pin-head" or "medium-make."
Teff is a kind of millet with grains about the size of an ordinary pin-head, of which is made the bread commonly eaten.
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