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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 492 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TWILL (connected with " two ")

TWILL (connected with " two ") , a See also:

WOVEN

woven See also:

CLOTH

cloth in which the passage of the weft is arranged, not in See also:

REGULAR

regular See also:

SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession as in See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain See also:

WEAVING

weaving, but over one See also:

THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread and under two or more according to the See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of twill. This gives a succession of See also:

DIAGONAL (Gr. &a, through, ywvia, a corner)

diagonal lines to the cloth, and though in the normal type of twill this diagonal traverses from selvage to selvage at an See also:

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle of 45°, considerable See also:

variations may be made. Twills may be stout and serviceable cloths, though, theoretically, it would seem that the See also:

STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain of See also:

WEAR

wear on the threads that compose the cloth is necessarily irregular. The twill or diagonal may run either from See also:

LEFT

left to right or See also:

VICE

vice versa. Twills are made in most kinds of cloths—See also:

SILK

silk, woollen, See also:

cotton, &c.

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