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twill
(noun)
1: a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs
[syn: twill weave]
2: a cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs
(verb)
1: weave diagonal lines into (textiles)
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Twill \Twill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Twilling.] [Scotch tweel; probably from LG. twillen to make
double, from twi- two; akin to AS. twi-, E. twi- in twilight.
See Twice, and cf. Tweed, Tweel.]
To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of
diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Twill \Twill\, n. [Scotch tweel. See Twill, v. t.]
1. An appearance of diagonal lines or ribs produced in
textile fabrics by causing the weft threads to pass over
one and under two, or over one and under three or more,
warp threads, instead of over one and under the next in
regular succession, as in plain weaving.
2. A fabric women with a twill.
3. [Perhaps fr. guill.] A quill, or spool, for yarn.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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