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Definition of Tweels
1. tweel [v] - See also: tweel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tweels
Literary usage of Tweels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"The origin of this name is sup- posed to havo been a-blunder for "tweels," somewhat
blotted and written in 1829. The Scotch швеи- facturer Bent a ..."
2. A Treatise on the Art of Weaving: Illustrated by Engravings with by John Murphy, of Scotland (1831)
"From this general view of the regular and broken tweels, ... The five leafed
satin tweels, of which No. 13 is usually selected, is applied to diaper and the ..."
3. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"The coarsest kinds are generally woven as tweels of three leaves, where every
thread floats over two, and is intersected by the third in succession. ..."
4. The Industries of Scotland: Their Rise, Progress, and Present Condition by David Bremner (1869)
"Messrs William Watson & Son, of Hawick, sent a quantity of "tweels" to one of their
... In the invoice the word " tweels" was written indistinctly, ..."
5. The Industries of Scotland: Their Rise, Progress, and Present Condition by David Bremner (1869)
"Messrs William Watson & Son, of Hawick, sent a quantity of "tweels" to one of their
... In the invoice the word " tweels" was written indistinctly, ..."
6. The Art of Weaving, by Hand and by Power: With an Introductory Account of by Clinton G. Gilroy (1844)
"SEVEN LEAF tweels. Fig. 29. Regular. Fig. 30. Broken. R 7 6 5 4 B. 6 4 2 7 These
examples will show the manner of forming the alternate or broken tweel. ..."
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