Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design.
1 They're safely in the slub and they've been promised passage.
2 It's created with textured slub jersey for added dimension.
3 There was a slub in Romen.
4 In blub, gurgle slub dub glub.
5 They'll use a machine to create a temporary slub in the Interface between Arras and Earth and force a passage through.
6 Bethany picked at a slub in the fabric of her bedspread, and then Ruth finally got it: who wanted to be different at fourteen?
7 No, there aren't, which means any irregularities, any slubs in the weave are man-made.
8 Chambray washes, naturally dusted in pepper-seed slubs , anchor the offering with the signature Carlton Brown suit.
9 There are slubs , irregularities in Arras's weave, much like the ones near the Guild's mines here.
10 Spinsters reweave the whole piece, removing the slubs , and meanwhile the Tailors adjust the collective memories of the population.
11 Not that there are usually refugees from Arras running around the base of the slubs to worry about, Dante says.
12 The care instruction label informed me that the slubs and imperfections were present to show authenticity and to add to its beauty.
13 "The slub is at the other end," Dante says.
14 "There were slubs in Arras when it was created."
15 "What happens if the Guild discovers the slub ? "
16 "Who puts in the slubs ? " I ask.
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