Lifting of the griffe,[12], [17]
Lingo, a small iron weight for each harness-cord,[9], [22], [23]
Loom Pickers are generally made of raw hide; less frequently of sole leather or wood. The picker stick, which is operated by means of cams or arms on the loom, drives the picker, and the latter the shuttle.
Loop-guide, a part of the lacing machine,[99]
Mail, made of metal, forms the centre part of a twine heddle; in the eye of the mail the warp-thread is drawn,[22], [23]
---- Its position in the loom,[23]
Margin, plain part between border and selvedge, or centre and border in a damask table-cover, etc.
Mate Threads, technical name used in two-ply ingrain carpets; one ground-thread and its corresponding figure-thread,[72-80]
Merino, originally the wool of the Spanish Merino sheep, and known as some of the finest wool. Colonial wools, as Australia, Cape of Good Hope, New Zealand, bear the character of the Merino, derived through introducing and breeding the original stock in those countries.
Modifications of the single-lift Jacquard machine,[67]