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roving

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roving [′rōv·iŋ]
(materials)
Fibrous glass in which spun strands are woven into a tubular rope.
(textiles)
Natural fiber yarns that have been drawn out and slightly twisted in preparation for spinning.


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The third day brought a diversion in the shape of a trap by a roving party of the Sheriff's men.
This explains the welcome given by Chinese Emperors and Caliphs of Bagdad to all roving minstrels in whose immortality, like flies in amber, they are caught.
Take these, Son of Maia, and tend the wild roving, horned oxen and horses and patient mules.
 
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