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Definition of Stretchiness

1. Noun. The capacity for being stretched.

Definition of Stretchiness

1. Noun. The state or condition of being stretchy. ¹

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Literary usage of Stretchiness

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1. Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture and Properties by Adelbert Philo Mills (1922)
"At the same time the " stretchiness " of the yarn or fabric is very much reduced, and the finished goods absorb dopes and dyes with much greater avidity. ..."

2. A Young Scholar's Letters: Being a Memoir of Byron Caldwell Smith by Byron Caldwell Smith, Day Otis Kellogg (1897)
"It took me with a fever and trembling, a stretchiness of the limbs, etc. At night I was advised to take a strong punch to produce a sweat. ..."

3. A Young Scholar's Letters: Being a Memoir of Byron Caldwell Smith by Byron Caldwell Smith, Day Otis Kellogg (1897)
"It took me with a fever and trembling, a stretchiness of the limbs, etc. At night I was advised to take a strong punch to produce a sweat. ..."

4. Snyder County Annals: A Collection of All Kinds of Historical Items by George Washington Wagenseller, Clara R. Winey (1919)
""It sure was," replied a bystander "but for true downright elastic stretchiness it didn't come up to Johnny Cappy's potpie." "How was that? ..."

5. The Manufacture of Boots and Shoes: Being a Modern Treatise of All the by F. Y. GOLDING (1902)
"... the " give " or stretchiness, and the mode of lasting. It is averaged at ^ in. The pattern may be completed as illustrated by Fig. 114. ..."

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