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Beam
noun · 78% connection
A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edge, cloth, woven, prevent, raveling.
Binding
noun · 78% connection
Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edge, cloth, woven, prevent, raveling.
Blancard
noun · 78% connection
A kind of linen cloth made in Normandy, the thread of which is partly blanches before it is woven.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edge, cloth, woven, prevent, raveling.
Block
noun · 78% connection
To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the way; -- used both of p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edge, cloth, woven, prevent, raveling.
Bowline
noun · 78% connection
A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edge, cloth, woven, prevent, raveling.
Brink
noun · 78% connection
The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edge, cloth, woven, prevent, raveling.
Calk
verb · 78% connection
To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edge, cloth, woven, prevent, raveling.
Canvas
noun · 78% connection
A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edge, cloth, woven, prevent, raveling.
Check
noun · 78% connection
A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edge, cloth, woven, prevent, raveling.
Clinker-built
adjective · 78% connection
Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like cla…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edge, cloth, woven, prevent, raveling.
Cloth
noun · 78% connection
A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adap…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edge, cloth, woven, prevent, raveling.
Curbstone
noun · 78% connection
A stone /et along a margin as a and protection, as along the edge of a sidewalk next the roadway; an edge stone.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edge, cloth, woven, prevent, raveling.
Deter
verb · 78% connection
To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edge, cloth, woven, prevent, raveling.
Dunnage
noun · 78% connection
Fagots, boughs, or loose materials of any kind, laid on the bottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury by water,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edge, cloth, woven, prevent, raveling.
Escarpment
noun · 78% connection
A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hos…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edge, cloth, woven, prevent, raveling.
Fabric
noun · 78% connection
Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edge, cloth, woven, prevent, raveling.
Feather-edged/
adjective · 78% connection
Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff one edge…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edge, cloth, woven, prevent, raveling.
Gingham
noun · 78% connection
A kind of cotton or linen cloth, usually in stripes or checks, the yarn of which is dyed before it is woven; -- distinguished from pri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edge, cloth, woven, prevent, raveling.
