Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Crewel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crewel \Crew"el\ (kr?"?l), n. [Perh. for clewel, dim. of clew a
ball of thread; or cf. D. krul curl, E. curl. [root]26.]
Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.
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