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noun (-, tabbies)
- (uncountable) A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.
- (countable) A brindled cat
- (countable)An old maid or gossip.
adjective - Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.
- Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
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noun
- a crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibers
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noun
- the act of taking something up, by tightening, absorption, or reeling in
- (context, machinery) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine or loom for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
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proper noun
- (given name, female), pet form of Tamara.
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noun (tapestries)
- a heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls
- (context, by extension) anything with variagated or complex details
verb category:English verbs that lack inflection header (transitive, intransitive)
- to weave (something in) a tapestry
- to decorate (a room) with tapestry
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noun - Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table.
To be upon the topis
- Slovak: byÅ¥ predmetom rokovania, prísÅ¥ na reÄ�
| | Tartan |
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proper noun
- The commander-in-chief of ancient Assyria.
- 1611, And the king of Assyria sent and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. " 2 Kings 18:17 (Authorised Version)
- 1611, In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it " Isaiah 20:1 (Authorised Version)
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noun - A plant, of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (Dipsacus fullonum, D. fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts.
- The dried flower head, used for teasing cloth
verb to tease
- To raise the nap on cloth; to tease
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noun
- The region of the skull on either side of the forehead.
- A building for worship.
- "A temple of Zeus."
- (often capitalized) The Jewish temple of Jerusalem, first built by Solomon.
- (French), Sometimes used to describe a protestant church in French-speaking nations.
- Something regarded as holding religious presence.
- Something of importance; something attended to.
- My body is my temple.
- (Ophthalmology) Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
- (obsolete) a body
| | tenter |
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noun
- a framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried
verb
- To stretch cloth on such a framework
| | tenterhook |
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noun
- one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter
| | Terry |
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proper noun
- A surname from the medieval Norman given name Thierry, cognate of Derek.
- (given name, male, ), from the surname, or a diminutive of Terence or of any of its alternative forms.
- (given name, female, from Greek, ), diminutive of Teresa or any of its alternative forms.
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noun
- Usually in plural: Cloth produced from a fabric.
- Naturist usage: a non-naturist
adjective
- Naturist usage: clothing compulsive.
- A beach
| | texture |
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noun
- The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something
- The beans had a grainy, gritty in her mouth.
- (music) The number of layers or instruments heard in a sound.
- The piece of music had a mainly smooth .
- (computer graphics) an image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface
verb (textur, ing)
- to create or apply a texture
- ''Drag the trowel through the plaster to the wall.
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noun
- A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weave, weaving or in the construction of string.
- A theme or idea.
- All of these essays have a common thread.
- I"ve lost the thread of what you"re saying.
- (internet) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, all but the first replies to previous messages in the thread.
- (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, generally expected to share memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
- A helical ridge or groove, as on a screw.
verb (threads, threading, threaded, (archaic) thrid, threaded, (archaic) thridden)
- (transitive) To put thread through.
- thread a needle
- (transitive) To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
- I think I can thread my way through here, but it"s going to be tight.
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noun
- The flight of a thrown object; as, a fast throw.
- A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.
- A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
- Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a .
verb (throws, throwing, threw, thrown)
- (transitive) To cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
- (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
- a shoe
- a rod
- the horse threw its rider
- (transitive) To move to another position; to displace.
- the switch
- (context, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- (context, transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- (context, transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
- If the file is readonly, the method throws an invalid operation exception.
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- <code>if(this.IsReadonly?)</code>
- :<code> new System.InvalidOperationException?("Cannot write to readonly file.");</code>-->
- (sports) to intentionally lose a game
- ''The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to the match.
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noun
- a strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses
- a sound of something ticking
| | Tiffany |
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proper noun
- A northern English surname.
- (given name, female, from Greek, ),of modern usage, associated with Tiffany jewelry store.
| | tinsel |
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noun
- A shine, shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like.
- w:John Dryden, John Dryden:
- : Who can discern the from the gold?
- Very thin strips of a glittering, metallic material used as a decoration, and traditionally, draped at Christmas time over streamers, paper chains and the branches of Christmas trees.
- Anything shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable.
- w:William Cowper, William Cowper:
- : O happy peasant! O unhappy bard! His the mere , hers the rich reward.
verb (tinsels, tinselling (UK) or tinseling (US), tinselled (UK) or tinseled (US))
- (transitive) To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.
- w:Alexander Pope, Alexander Pope:
- : She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues.
- (context, metaphorical, transitive) To give something a false sparkle.
adjective
- Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial.
- w:John Milton, John Milton:
- : Tinsel trappings.
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noun
- Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.
- A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
- Absorbent paper as material.
- Irish S
- is one of world's largest producers.
- (biology) An aggregation of morphologically similar cells.
- 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 10.
- : But it is similarly necessary that flesh and each of the other tissues should be the ratio of its elements, or that not one of them should;
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noun
- A soft, knit fabric.
| | trivet |
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noun
- a stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire
- 1994: w:Cormac McCarthy?, Cormac McCarthy?, w:The Crossing (novel), The Crossing - They collected wood and built back the fire and they fetched rocks to make a and there they set the bucket to boil.
- a stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, used to support hot dishes and protect a table
| | tulle |
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noun
- A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc.
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noun (plural: tums)
- shortened form for tummy
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noun (plural tweeds)
- a coarse woolen fabric used for clothing
| | twist |
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noun
- a force (producing twisting).
- anything twisted, or the act of twisting; the degree of stress or strain when twisted.
- a type of thread or cotton traditionally used for buttonholes.
- a sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
- a sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
- a distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
- an unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
- a type of dance characterised by rotating one"s hips.
- a rotation of the body when diving.
- a sprain, especially to the ankle.
verb
- to turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force
- to join together by twining one part around another
- to turn a knob etc.
- to distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating
- to form a twist (in any of the above meanings)
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noun
- A reproach, gibe or taunt.
- A foolish or annoying person.
verb (twit, t, ing)
- (transitive) To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease.
- 2007: H. R. Fox Bourne, secretary of the Aborigines' Protection Society " often twitted for being an "armchair critic" " wrote in a review of one of Stanley's books " Bernard Porter, "Did He Puff his Crimes to Please a Bloodthirsty Readership?", London Review of Books 29:7, p. 10
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noun
- a deep purple dyestuff obtained from the bodies of mollusks of the genus Murex
- (colour) a deep purple colour, tinted with red, like that of the dye.
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adjective
- (colour) of a deep purple colour, tinted with red, like that of the dye.
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