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Recently, handspinners have begun using wrist distaves to hold their fiber; these are made of flexible material, such as braided yarn, and can swing freely from the wrist. A wrist distaff generally consists of a loop with a tail, at the end of which is a tassel, often with beads on each strand. The
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branch of a family, i.e., to the person's mother and her blood relatives. This term developed in the
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