Single-horned bull deity of the bhuta cult of spirit worship in coastal Karnataka.
Ektara
A one string instrument played by village minstrels.
Embroidery
Embroidery, or the art of embellishment of fabrics by means of needle worked stitches. With raised designs and an extensive variety of stitches and materials including threads of silk, cotton, gold or silver upon the surface of woven cloth.
Embroidery frame / stretcher
A rectangular wooden frame, with tapes of fabric fastened to each side, to which the ground or backing fabric for the embroidery is usually attached by stitching or lacing. Frames are used to keep the ground fabric taut and are especially necessary for couched metal thread work.
End-rings
Metal collars fitted to the ends of rotary screens with adhesive. They are given register marks so that each screen can be correctly fitted in position in the printing machine.
Engraving
The incising of lines in a metal or other surface by means of a graver or burin. In the textile trade this term is still used even when the pattern rollers are produced by etching or by pressure from the raised surface of a mill in an ‘engraving machine’.
Enter
To enter wool, to put it into the dye or mordant liquor.
Eri
A type of wild silk produced mainly in Assam, West Bengal and neighbouring states.
Eri
Silkworm that feeds on the leaves of the castor plant producing glossy raw silk.
Etching
The craft of producing an intaglio design in metal by means of lines drawn through a thin protective coating (usually of wax) which covers the plate or cylinder; the lines in the exposed metal are then bitten into by acid.
