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TICKING , a strong See also:

linen or See also:cotton fabric usually See also:woven in stripes of See also:colour; See also:blue and See also:pink with See also:white being the most See also:common. The name is derived from a word " tick," common in various forms to many See also:languages, signifying a See also:case or sheath. Ticking is used for mattresses, awnings and tents. In some qualities it is also used as a See also:foundation for See also:embroidery. White, See also:grey, or brownish warp threads are usually See also:flax, while the coloured threads are often cotton. The weft is flax or See also:tow. The warps of many of the cheaper kinds are made entirely of cotton, and jute is used for weft in the cheapest grades. A See also:feather tick should be made of See also:fine flax yarns set closely, and there should also be a large number of weft threads per See also:inch. Sometimes the inside of the tick is waxed in See also:order to prevent the feathers from working out. The structure of the fabric is termed a See also:twill, of which four varieties, each showing four See also:units, are illustrated. Fig. I, the See also:ordinary three-See also:leaf twill, is more extensively used than any other.

Occasionally the See also:

pattern or twill is in one direction only, but more often the direction is reversed at intervals, thus producing what is technically termed a " See also:herring-See also:bone " or an " arrow-See also:head " twill. Fig. 2 See also:complete on. twenty-four threads and three picks shows such a pattern, where the twill is reversed every twelve threads. See also:Figs. 3 and 4 are the four-See also:thread and five-thread straight twills respectively, while fig. 5 is the five-thread sateen twill. These two latter weaves require a See also:great number of threads and picks per inch, and are used only in the finest See also:ticks. The See also:plain weave is occasionally used for cheaper varieties. See also:Mattress ticks and awnings are woven with the same twills, but the colouring of these, especially of the former, is more elaborate.

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