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Definition of Twills
1. twill [v] - See also: twill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twills
Literary usage of Twills
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Textile design and colour by William Watson (1912)
"A useful method of employing two small twills in the construction of a large
fancy twill-running at the angle of 45° is illustrated by the examples Q, R, S, ..."
2. A Manual of Weave Construction: A Systematic Arrangement and Explanation of by Ivo Kastanek (1903)
"twills. If the warp and filling are so interlaced that the floats are grouped in
diagonal lines, the weave is called a twill and exhibits more or less ..."
3. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"... sizes introduced into the web produce a sort of striping. When the warp and
weft threads are of different colors a shot pattern is produced. In twills ..."
4. Casein: Its Preparation and Technical Utilisationby Robert Scherer by Robert Scherer (1906)
"Zigzag or Wavy twills—3. Rearranged twills : Satin Weaves—Table of Intervals of
Selection for the Construction of Satin Weaves—Corkscrew ..."
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