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a light, fine, string-like length of material made up of two or more fibres or strands of spun cotton, flax, silk, etc. twisted together and used in sewing; a thread.
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a metal belt worn by women round their waist, as an ornament.
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a mark made by carpenters on the wood with a thread coloured with a powder.
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the breadth (or thickness) of a thread as a measure of length (used in sculpturing, carpentry, etc.).
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a piece of woven fabric; cloth.
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a tax levied on the quantities of thread spun, in the past.
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ನೂಲ ಕಂಕಣ nūla kaŋkaṇa an anklet made by intertwining colour threads; ನೂಲ ಕುಕ್ಕಡಿ nūlakukkaḍi a spindle wound with a considerable length of thread; ನೂಲ ಪರ್ಬ nūla parba = ನೂಲ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ; ನೂಲ ಪರ್ವ nūla parva = ನೂಲ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ; ನೂಲ ಹಬ್ಬ nūla habba = ನೂಲ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ; ನೂಲ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ nūla huṇṇime a festival observed, by weavers, on the full-moon day of Śrāvaṇa, the fifth month of Indian lunar calendar.