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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading To this end he established a Hemp Break, a Hemp Breaker and a Hemp Softener.
actual
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
always
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
attached
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
away
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From this reading The first was a wooden press used to crush the stalks of retted hemp straw, so that the harl came away and left the fibre clean.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The second shortened long hemp, that it might be more conveniently hackled and drawn.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
best
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
Board
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
Break
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From this reading To this end he established a Hemp Break, a Hemp Breaker and a Hemp Softener.
BREAKER
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
bring
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The third served greatly to improve the spinning quality of soft hemps by passing them through a system of callender rollers.
callender
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From this reading The third served greatly to improve the spinning quality of soft hemps by passing them through a system of callender rollers.
came
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From this reading The first was a wooden press used to crush the stalks of retted hemp straw, so that the harl came away and left the fibre clean.
Card
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
clean
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From this reading The first was a wooden press used to crush the stalks of retted hemp straw, so that the harl came away and left the fibre clean.
conveniently
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From this reading The second shortened long hemp, that it might be more conveniently hackled and drawn.
crush
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From this reading The first was a wooden press used to crush the stalks of retted hemp straw, so that the harl came away and left the fibre clean.
drawn
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From this reading The second shortened long hemp, that it might be more conveniently hackled and drawn.
end
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From this reading To this end he established a Hemp Break, a Hemp Breaker and a Hemp Softener.
established
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From this reading To this end he established a Hemp Break, a Hemp Breaker and a Hemp Softener.
fibre
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From this reading The first was a wooden press used to crush the stalks of retted hemp straw, so that the harl came away and left the fibre clean.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first was a wooden press used to crush the stalks of retted hemp straw, so that the harl came away and left the fibre clean.
flaxes
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
fullest
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
greatly
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From this reading The third served greatly to improve the spinning quality of soft hemps by passing them through a system of callender rollers.
grown
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
hackled
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From this reading The second shortened long hemp, that it might be more conveniently hackled and drawn.
harl
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From this reading The first was a wooden press used to crush the stalks of retted hemp straw, so that the harl came away and left the fibre clean.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To this end he established a Hemp Break, a Hemp Breaker and a Hemp Softener.
HEMP
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
hemps
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
importance
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
improve
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From this reading The third served greatly to improve the spinning quality of soft hemps by passing them through a system of callender rollers.
increasing
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
Ironsyde
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The second shortened long hemp, that it might be more conveniently hackled and drawn.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first was a wooden press used to crush the stalks of retted hemp straw, so that the harl came away and left the fibre clean.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The second shortened long hemp, that it might be more conveniently hackled and drawn.
lookout
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
material
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The second shortened long hemp, that it might be more conveniently hackled and drawn.
more
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From this reading The second shortened long hemp, that it might be more conveniently hackled and drawn.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
only
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
pains
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
passing
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From this reading The third served greatly to improve the spinning quality of soft hemps by passing them through a system of callender rollers.
perfect
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
possible
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
press
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From this reading The first was a wooden press used to crush the stalks of retted hemp straw, so that the harl came away and left the fibre clean.
quality
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From this reading The third served greatly to improve the spinning quality of soft hemps by passing them through a system of callender rollers.
raw
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
retted
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From this reading The first was a wooden press used to crush the stalks of retted hemp straw, so that the harl came away and left the fibre clean.
rollers
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From this reading The third served greatly to improve the spinning quality of soft hemps by passing them through a system of callender rollers.
second
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From this reading The second shortened long hemp, that it might be more conveniently hackled and drawn.
served
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From this reading The third served greatly to improve the spinning quality of soft hemps by passing them through a system of callender rollers.
shortened
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From this reading The second shortened long hemp, that it might be more conveniently hackled and drawn.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The first was a wooden press used to crush the stalks of retted hemp straw, so that the harl came away and left the fibre clean.
soft
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From this reading The third served greatly to improve the spinning quality of soft hemps by passing them through a system of callender rollers.
Softener
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From this reading To this end he established a Hemp Break, a Hemp Breaker and a Hemp Softener.
spared
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
spinningnounUS /ˈspɪnɪŋ/
the act of making thread from fibers
From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
Spread
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
stalks
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From this reading The first was a wooden press used to crush the stalks of retted hemp straw, so that the harl came away and left the fibre clean.
straw
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From this reading The first was a wooden press used to crush the stalks of retted hemp straw, so that the harl came away and left the fibre clean.
system
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From this reading The third served greatly to improve the spinning quality of soft hemps by passing them through a system of callender rollers.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The first was a wooden press used to crush the stalks of retted hemp straw, so that the harl came away and left the fibre clean.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The third served greatly to improve the spinning quality of soft hemps by passing them through a system of callender rollers.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading To this end he established a Hemp Break, a Hemp Breaker and a Hemp Softener.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The third served greatly to improve the spinning quality of soft hemps by passing them through a system of callender rollers.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
treatment
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From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
used
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From this reading The first was a wooden press used to crush the stalks of retted hemp straw, so that the harl came away and left the fibre clean.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE HEMP BREAKER Ironsyde attached increasing importance to the fullest possible treatment of the raw material before actual spinning, and was not only always on the lookout for the best hemps and flaxes grown, but spared no pains to bring them to the Card and Spread Board as perfect as possible.
wooden
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From this reading The first was a wooden press used to crush the stalks of retted hemp straw, so that the harl came away and left the fibre clean.
