Usually means: Embroidery with wool on linen.
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  1. crewel: Merriam-Webster
  2. crewel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. crewel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. crewel: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Crewel, crewel: Wordnik
  6. crewel: Wiktionary
  7. crewel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. crewel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. crewel: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Crewel, crewel: Dictionary.com
  11. crewel: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Crewel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Crewel: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. crewel: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. Crewel: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. crewel: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. crewel: FreeDictionary.org
  18. crewel: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. crewel: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. crewel: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (crewel)

▸ noun:  Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To make (embroidery) using the crewel method.

Similar:
crewelwork, cruel, worsted, knop, candlewick, yarn, yarnwindle, arrasene, Berlin work, dealgan, more...

Opposite:
uncruel, kind, gentle, compassionate

Types:
cross-stitch, embroidery, needlepoint, tapestry, beadwork, crochet, more...

Phrases:
Crewel embroidery, more...

Adjectives:
scarlet, yellow, red, coloured, black, bright, colored, light, brown, greenish, buff

Colors:
    red,     blue,     green,     yellow,     orange, more...


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Similar:
crewelwork, cruel, worsted, knop, candlewick, yarn, yarnwindle, arrasene, Berlin work, dealgan, more...

Opposite:
uncruel, kind, gentle, compassionate

Types:
cross-stitch, embroidery, needlepoint, tapestry, beadwork, crochet, more...

Phrases:
Crewel embroidery, more...

Adjectives:
scarlet, yellow, red, coloured, black, bright, colored, light, brown, greenish, buff

Colors:
    red,     blue,     green,     yellow,     orange, more...



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