Cotton

(noun.) fabric woven from cotton fibers.

(noun.) thread made of cotton fibers.

(noun.) erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers.

(noun.) soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state.

(verb.) take a liking to; 'cotton to something'.

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• One of the most important of the early inventions in the textile art was the _cotton gin_. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Although the cotton is now a white, soft, clean, downy sheet, still the fibres cross each other in every direction, and they require to be straightened and laid parallel before the spinning. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The cotton-gin probably had much to do with the justification of slavery. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• In 1793 the total export of cotton from the United States was less than ten thousand bales, but by 1860 the export was four million bales. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• He was determined to make a fortune out of cotton-spinning, and he did, in spite of the loss of his patents, and the rivals who were always pursuing him. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• He understood the various processes of handling wool and cotton, although his own work lay outside them. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The raw cotton was put in a hopper, where it was met by the teeth of the saws, and torn from the seeds. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• It followed that merchants who had ordered goods from the Cromford Mill cancelled their orders, rather than pay the duty, and again Arkwright found his cottons piling up on his hands. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.

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