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Twill   /twɪl/   Listen
Twill

noun
1.
A weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs.  Synonym: twill weave.
2.
A cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs.
verb
(past & past part. twilled; pres. part. twilling)
1.
Weave diagonal lines into (textiles).



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"Twill" Quotes from Famous Books



... the stars will gleam Upon a cold, grey stone, And trace a name with silver beam, And lo! 'twill be your own, ...
— Giant Hours With Poet Preachers • William L. Stidger

... me day and night, worn my mind, impaired my reason, and now, at last, thank Heaven! it has overcome this mortal frame: the blow is struck, Philip—I'm sure it is. I wait but to tell you all,—and yet I would not,—'twill turn your brain as it has ...
— The Phantom Ship • Frederick Marryat

... be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air, and will not be penned up in strait and narrow enclosures. It will speak freely, and act so too; and take nothing ill where no ill is meant; nay, where it is 'twill easily forgive, and forget, too, ...
— The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. - Religion and Philosophy • Various

... but a little criss-cross sheet, But oh,—how fondly dear! 'Twill cheer my breakfast while I eat, And keep ...
— The Old Stone House • Anne March

... in all things, so far differ from ours that they produce unconceivable Wonders, at least, so they appear to us, because New and Strange. What I have mentioned I have taken care shou'd be Truth, let the Critical Reader judge as he pleases. 'Twill be no Commendation to the Book to assure your Lordship I writ it in a few Hours, though it may serve to Excuse some of its Faults of Connexion, for I never rested my Pen a Moment for Thought: 'Tis purely the Merit of my Slave that must render it worthy of the Honour it begs; and the Author ...
— The Works of Aphra Behn - Volume V • Aphra Behn


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