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twilled


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Twill  \Twill\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Twilled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Twilling}.]  [Scotch  tweel;  probably  from  LG  twillen  to  make 
  double,  from  twi-  two  akin  to  AS  twi-,  E.  twi-  in  twilight. 
  See  {Twice},  and  cf  {Tweed},  {Tweel}.] 
  To  weave,  as  cloth,  so  as  to  produce  the  appearance  of 
  diagonal  lines  or  ribs  on  the  surface. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  twilled 
  adj  :  of  textiles;  having  parallel  raised  lines  [syn:  {corded},  {pique}, 
  {twill}] 




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