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• TWILL (connected with " two ")

TWILL (connected with " two ")  , a See also:

• WOVEN

woven See also:

• CLOTH

cloth in which the passage of the weft is arranged, not in See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession as in See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain See also:

• WEAVING

weaving, but over one See also:

• THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread and under two or more according to the See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• TWILL (connected with " two ")

twill . This gives a succession of See also:

• DIAGONAL (Gr. &a, through, ywvia, a corner)

diagonal lines to the cloth, and though in the normal type of twill this diagonal traverses from selvage to selvage at an See also:

• ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle of 45°, considerable See also:

• VARIATIONS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS OF

variations may be made . Twills may be stout and serviceable cloths, though, theoretically, it would seem that the See also:

• STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain of See also:

• WEAR

wear on the threads that compose the cloth is necessarily irregular . The twill or diagonal may run either from See also:

• LEFT

left to right or See also:

• VICE

vice versa . Twills are made in most kinds of cloths—See also:

• SILK

silk, woollen, See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, &c .