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… was called COMBED WOOL, and was used to make JERSEY and WORSTED. The process of wool combing entailed oiling the … fabrics made with short staple CARDED WOOL as opposed to WORSTED. There were many varieties, including COTTON, DOZENS, … upon them to dry-calendar Worsteds with GUMs, OILs, and Presses so that a coarse Piece of Worsted, not being past the …