Twill
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A dictionary entry on twill from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary. It defines twill as a diagonal weave, discusses its etymology (drill, dimity, samite), and describes how twills of various intervals (blanket twill, satin) are produced and mounted on leaves of heddles. It includes a quotation from Ure on twilled cloths and a figure of four-leaved twilled weaving, and ends with a secondary sense of the word as a quill or spool.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
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- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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