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"ref": "1899, Transactions of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers",
"text": "In weaving, the defects which cling to the goods to the very end are temple-marks, which show up on light shade satines, on linings and beetled work; misdrafts, on twills, welts, etc.; reed-marks, which ruin the finish of the finest satines; and the mixing of mule and ring filling, of American and Egyptian cotton, and of different numbers of filling yarns, which, together with oil stains, are harmful to all grades.",
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"ref": "1937, South Africa. Parliament. House of Assembly, Debates of the ... Session of the ... Parliament of the House of Assembly, volume 28",
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"ref": "1970, Isle of Man. Tynwald. Legislative Council, The Times Reports of Debates in the Manx Legislature, page C-103",
"text": "Clause 4 deals with the form, validity and replacement of a lost licence. But there is, I see, a misprint, or misdraft, I do not know.",
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"ref": "1983, Brian Toyne, The U.S. Textile Mill Products Industry, page 10",
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"ref": "1991, Australian Agricultural Council. Standing Committee on Agriculture, CSIRO, Farm Cattle Handling, page 31",
"text": "If there are large numbers to be drafted off they should be first drafted into a small pen and then released to a larger holding area. This practice saves time if misdrafts occur.",
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"ref": "2004, Melliand International - Volumes 10-11, page 107",
"text": "Feeding the sliver in via precondenser and condenser to the feed tray has technological implications, since depending on the sliver weight and volume along with fiber/fiber and fiber/surface friction, a positive sliver tension can be achieved or, in a negative case, an undesirable misdraft.",
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"ref": "1989, Thomas Hay Donaldson, Credit Risk and Exposure in Securitization and Transactions, page 110",
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"text": "Feeding the sliver in via precondenser and condenser to the feed tray has technological implications, since depending on the sliver weight and volume along with fiber/fiber and fiber/surface friction, a positive sliver tension can be achieved or, in a negative case, an undesirable misdraft.",
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