Definition of twill

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Twill (v. i.) To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface..

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Beaverteen :: Beaverteen (n.) A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing..
Levantine :: Levantine (n.) A stout twilled silk fabric, formerly made in the Levant..
Twill :: Twill (v. t.) A fabric women with a twill.
Ratteen :: Ratteen (n.) A thick woolen stuff quilled or twilled.
Willow :: Willow (n.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil..
Armure :: Armure (n.) A variety of twilled fabric ribbed on the surface.
Twill :: Twill (v. i.) To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface..
Twill :: Twill (v. t.) A quill, or spool, for yarn..
Bombazine :: Bombazine (n.) A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments..
Tobine :: Tobine (n.) A stout twilled silk used for dresses.
Shalloon :: Shalloon (n.) A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff..
Twilling :: Twilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twil.
Jane :: Jane (n.) A kind of twilled cotton cloth. See Jean.
Cassimere :: Cassimere (n.) A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men's garments..
Jean :: Jean (n.) A twilled cotton cloth.
Fustian :: Fustian (n.) A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc..
Thickset :: Thickset (n.) A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen..
Gambroon :: Gambroon (n.) A kind of twilled linen cloth for lining.
Ticking :: Ticking (n.) A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; -- called also ticken..
Drilling :: Drilling (n.) A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton..
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