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Twill   /twɪl/   Listen
noun
Twill  n.  
1.
An appearance of diagonal lines or ribs produced in textile fabrics by causing the weft threads to pass over one and under two, or over one and under three or more, warp threads, instead of over one and under the next in regular succession, as in plain weaving.
2.
A fabric woven with a twill.
3.
A quill, or spool, for yarn.


verb
Twill  v. t.  (past & past part. twilled; pres. part. twilling)  To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.





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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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