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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 443 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PADDING , the See also:

TERM

term in textile manufacture used for the stiffening of various garments . The most useful and flexible material for this purpose is See also:

HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair See also:

CLOTH

cloth, but this is too expensive to be used for the padding of cheap clothing . Hence many kinds of fibrous material are employed for the same purpose . Hair, See also:

cotton, See also:

FLAX

flax, See also:

tow, jute and See also:

paper are used, alone and in See also:

COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination . The fabrics are first See also:

WOVEN

woven, and then starched to obtain the necessary degree of stiffness and flexibility .

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