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matting |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mat \Mat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matted}; p. pr & vb n. {Matting}.] 1. To cover or lay with mats. --Evelyn. 2. To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into or like a mat; to entangle. And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Matting \Mat"ting\, n. [From {Mat}, v. t. & i.] 1. The act of interweaving or tangling together so as to make a mat; the process of becoming matted. 2. Mats, in general, or collectively; mat work a matlike fabric, for use in covering floors, packing articles, and the like a kind of carpeting made of straw, etc 3. Materials for mats. 4. An ornamental border. See 3d {Mat}, 4. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Matting \Mat"ting\, n. [See {Matte}.] A dull, lusterless surface in certain of the arts, as gilding, metal work glassmaking, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: matting n 1: a coarse fabric, usually of straw or hemp 2: a border or background for a picture [syn: {mat}]
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