Concerning the origin of the caste, there is a legend that the Pattanavans were giving silk thread to Siva, and were hence called Pattanavar, a corruption of Pattanaivor, meaning knitters of silk thread.
They have always been known here as Patnulkarans, or silk thread people.
A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.
The tube is anchored to a denture, or by means of a silk thread to the cheek by sticking-plaster.
When it is impossible to pass a solid instrument in the ordinary way it can always be passed on a silk thread as a guide.
The patient is directed to swallow 6 yards of silk thread, half in the afternoon and the remainder on the following morning.
Fasten ends of silk thread by threading them to a needle and taking a stitch or two, then cut off.
A favorite illustration of Franklin's showing the discharging power of points, consisted in insulating a cannon ball against which rested a pellet of cork, hung by a silk thread.
Screwing a pair of tiny gongs to the ends, he suspended between them a brass ball, held by a silk thread, to act as clapper.
Between the two, I suspended a little clapper by a silk thread, which clapper was attracted by the electrified glass and then repelled to the grounded one, giving rise to a sound as it struck each glass.
To ascertain this, he insulates a silver fruit-can and brings a charged ball, held by a silk thread, into contact with the outer surface.
When this is tied to the end of a silk thread, we get the pith-ball electroscope, so much talked about in nearly every text-book on physics.
To the outer end of W tie a silk thread, S T, on the lower end of which may be tied a piece of pith or material to serve as an electroscope.
A silk thread may be tied to the wire, but a narrow silk ribbon is better than thread, as it will hold the comb steady.
Thrown silk, silk thread consisting of two or more singles twisted together like a rope, in a direction contrary to that in which the singles of which it is composed are twisted.
Thrown singles, silk thread or cord made by three processes of twisting, first into singles, two or more of which are twisted together making dumb singles, and several of these twisted together to make thrown singles.
Defn: A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.
Let a cork-ball, suspended by a silk thread, hang between them.
Place an iron shot on a glass stand, and let a ball of damp cork, suspended by a silk thread, hang in contact with the shot.
Let a vulcanite rod be electrified by rubbing with a woolen cloth until it will attract light objects; then place it in a wire stirrup suspended by a silk thread.
If a small pith ball is suspended by a silk thread, a charged rod brought near is at first attracted, but after contact is repelled (see Fig.
If you were testing the electrification of a body with a charged pith ball suspended by a silk thread, would attraction or repulsion be the better test?
A silk thread attached to the cap enables one to hold the latter while the rod is turned within it.
The second is that of amber, copal, gumsack, silk thread, paper, and a number of other substances.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "silk thread" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
