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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



... some flying strands of hair. "Well, now, Miss Frome, he's better to-day. The nurse is with him. If you'll jist knock at the door 'twill be all right." ...
— The Vision Spendid • William MacLeod Raine
... it's worth two shillings," she said, chuckling hoarsely. "Oh, I'm not so old but what I don't know two turtle doves. He! he! To kiss over yer father's blood! Lawks! what a match 'twill be! ...
— The Silent House • Fergus Hume
... "Well, master, 'twill do for firewood, if it's fit for nothin' else, and that's a blessin' that's not always to be comed by everywhere. Let's be thankful for small matters. I see sticks growin' up them gullies that'll do for stakes for the nets, an' axe handles, ...
— Ungava • R.M. Ballantyne
... my face be washed so clean, And scrubbed and scoured for Sunday? When you know very well, as you've always seen, 'Twill be dirty again ...
— The Big Nightcap Letters - Being the Fifth Book of the Series • Frances Elizabeth Barrow
... the settler's needs. Can you not inform them in the plainest terms Of the falseness of the accusations made? Stay! myself will write them and boldly refute All their calumnies; set forth details in order, Calling 'spade a spade'—'twill be my ...
— Pocahontas. - A Poem • Virginia Carter Castleman


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