LekhoriLekhoriA tool, often a flat circle, with one or more holes for passing wool through to form roving of a specified thickness.
A diz is a tool that helps you remove fiber from a comb and create a nice length of top that is a consistent thickness and ready to spin. Many dizzes have holes of varying sizes, so that you can choose the size most appropriate for the yarn you intend to spin: a large hole for bulky yarn, a smaller hole for finer yarn.
To pass wool through a diz.
third-person singular simple present indicative of de
Probably from dizen, dize (“to dress with flax for spinning”), equivalent to the first element of distaff.
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