That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc.
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made…
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A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
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Distorted; misshapen.
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The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.
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Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.
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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…
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Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.
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A knot; a fastening.
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A woven fabric.
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A twist; a convolution.
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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
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To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence,…
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A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.
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A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.
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A small pool of standing water; a puddle.
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To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock.
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To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a s…
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To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an en…
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To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.
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A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.
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To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…
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To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.
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of Lace
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of Lace
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A twist; a convolution.
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A twist; a convolution.
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Any plant which twines about a support.
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Any plant which twines about a support.
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To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.
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Fixed; solidified.
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Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.
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A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not exten…
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To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait.
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To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.
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To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.
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To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.
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To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.
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To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.
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of Lace
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A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.
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A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
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A twist; a convolution.
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To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted; to disentangle; to untie.
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To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted; to disentangle; to untie.
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