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Various fibre-based materials
Textiles Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fibre-based materials, including fibres, yarns, filaments, threads, and different types of fabric
Textile
Plant fiber from the genus Gossypium
spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable, and durable textile. The use of cotton for fabric is known to date to prehistoric times; the
Cotton
Industry related to design, production and distribution of textiles
The textile industry is primarily concerned with the design, production and distribution of textiles: yarn, cloth and clothing. Cotton is the world's most
Textile_industry
Industry which produces textiles
Textile manufacturing or textile engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These
Textile_manufacturing
Species of sea snail
Conus textile, the textile cone or the cloth of gold cone is a venomous species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone
Conus_textile
Textile fibres or textile fibers (see spelling differences) can be created from many natural sources (animal hair or fur, cocoons as with silk worm cocoons)
List_of_textile_fibres
Form of arts and crafts using fibers
Textile art is art created from natural or synthetic fibers or from fabric or textile. Textile art is synonymous with fiber art. The art could be wall-hung
Textile_arts
Textile product valued for its functional characteristics
Technical textiles are a category of textiles specifically engineered and manufactured to serve functional purposes beyond traditional apparel and home
Technical_textile
Orientation of the threads
For woven textiles, grain refers to the orientation of the weft and warp threads. The three named grains are straight grain, cross grain, and the bias
Grain_(textile)
Method of reusing or reprocessing used clothing, fibrous material and rags
Textile recycling is the process of recovering fiber, yarn, or fabric and reprocessing the material into new, useful products. Textile waste is split into
Textile_recycling
Textile Centre is a office-residential development in Kallang, Singapore. It is a 25-storey development occupying an area of 75,000 square feet. It houses
Textile_Centre
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up textile in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Textile may refer to: Textile, any type of material made from fibers or other extended linear materials
Textile_(disambiguation)
Early textile production via automated means
Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution was centred in south Lancashire and the towns on both sides of the Pennines in the United
Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution
Textile_manufacture_during_the_British_Industrial_Revolution
Process of measuring the properties and performance of textiles
Textile testing is the process of measuring the properties and performance of textile materials—textile testing includes physical and chemical testing
Textile_testing
Textile made from various parts of the bamboo plant
Bamboo textile is any cloth, yarn or clothing made from bamboo fibres. While bamboo was historically used only for structural elements, such as bustles
Bamboo_textile
Textiles or fibers produced sustainably
Green textiles are fabrics or fibres produced to replace environmentally harmful textiles and minimise the ecological impact. Green textiles (or eco-textiles)
Green_textile
Embroidered tribal textile made in Central Asia and Iran
Suzani is a type of embroidered and decorative tribal textile made in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and other Central Asian countries. Suzani is
Suzani_(textile)
Small ball of fibres adhering to the surface of a textile
a verb for the formation of such balls. Pilling is a surface defect of textiles caused by wear, and is generally considered an undesirable trait. It happens
Pill_(textile)
Traditional Japanese textiles that have been mended or patched
Boro (ぼろ) are a class of Japanese textiles that have been mended or patched together. The term is derived from the Japanese term "boroboro", meaning something
Boro_(textile)
Cellulose-based semi-synthetic fiber
such as silk, wool, cotton, and linen. It can be woven or knitted to make textiles for clothing and other purposes. Rayon production involves solubilizing
Rayon
Elevate Textiles owns textile brands including American & Efird, Burlington, Cone Denim, Gütermann and Safety Components. Its global headquarters are
Elevate_Textiles
Any of various fabrics with twisted threads, often crinkled surface
monopolised the export market for English crapes and crêpes, meaning that the textiles known as "crape anglaise" were almost always manufactured by Courtaulds
Crêpe_(textile)
Government ministry of India
The Ministry of Textiles is an Indian government national agency responsible for the formulation of policy, planning, development, export promotion and
Ministry_of_Textiles
Textiles used in a variety of applications in the automotive industry
Automotive textile is a technical textile used in the transportation and automotive industries. The choice of type of automotive textile focuses on aspects
Automotive_textile
Manufacturing process
In textile manufacturing, finishing refers to the processes that convert the woven or knitted cloth into a usable material and more specifically to any
Finishing_(textiles)
Topics referred to by the same term
Textile Building may refer to: Textile Building (Cincinnati, OH) Textile Building (Starkville, Mississippi), see National Register of Historic Places listings
Textile_Building
Textile wet process that improves whiteness by removing natural color
The textile bleaching (or bleaching of textiles) is one of the steps in the textile manufacturing process. The objective of bleaching is to remove the
Textile_bleaching
Lightweight markup language
Textile is a lightweight markup language that uses a text formatting syntax to convert plain text into structured HTML markup. Textile is used for writing
Textile_(markup_language)
Type of modern textile
Cellular textiles is an alternative way of producing textiles that is very different than both knitting and weaving. Cellular textiles are a "reinforced
Cellular_textile
Textile Souq of Dubai
2950430 The Dubai Textile Souk (Arabic: سوق الغزل والنسيج; also known as the Old Textile Souk) is a traditional souq (market) of textile products in Dubai's
Dubai_Textile_Souk
1896 textile mill in South Carolina, US
The Poe Textile Mill was a textile mill that was located in Greenville, South Carolina. The mill was founded by F. W. Poe Manufacturing Company and was
Poe_Textile_Mill
Creation of designs for the manufacturing of woven, knitted or printed fabrics
Textile design, also known as textile geometry, is the creative and technical process by which thread or yarn fibers are interlaced to form a piece of
Textile_design
A textile museum is a museum with exhibits relating to the history and art of textiles, including: Textile industries and manufacturing, often located
Textile_museum
Textile tradition indigenous to South America
The Andean textile tradition spanned from the Pre-Columbian to the Colonial era throughout the western coast of South America, but was mainly concentrated
Andean_textiles
Asian textile art
Hmong textile art consists of traditional and modern textile arts and crafts produced by the Hmong people. Traditional Hmong textile examples include hand-spun
Hmong_textile_art
Pictorial Silk textile preservation and development, at the National museum of Cambodia, 2016. p. 205. Greene, Gillian (2003). Traditional textiles of Cambodia :
Pidan_(textile)
Museum occupation
textile conservator is a conservator-restorer charged with the care, treatment, research, and preservation of textiles. Issues addressed by a textile
Textile_conservator
Type of reinforced concrete
Textile-reinforced concrete is a type of reinforced concrete in which the usual steel reinforcing bars are replaced by textile materials. Instead of using
Textile-reinforced_concrete
Taiwanese textile company
Eclat Textile (Chinese: 儒鴻企業股份有限公司), is a Taiwanese textile company. Its main activity is the production and finishing of synthetic fibres and other textiles
Eclat_Textile
Study of fashion and clothing by period in time
clothing and textiles traces the development, use, and availability of clothing and textiles over human history. Clothing and textiles reflect the materials
History of clothing and textiles
History_of_clothing_and_textiles
Fabrics that incorporate electronic components
Electronic textiles or e-textiles are fabrics that enable electronic components such as batteries, lights, sensors, and microcontrollers to be embedded
E-textiles
Dye extracted from plant or animal sources
biological sources such as fungi. Archaeologists have found evidence of textile dyeing dating back to the Neolithic period. In China, dyeing with plants
Natural_dye
Regional economic sector in South Asia
The textile and clothing industries provide the most significant source of economic growth in Bangladesh's rapidly developing economy. Exports of textiles
Textile industry in Bangladesh
Textile_industry_in_Bangladesh
The textile industry in India, traditionally after agriculture, is the only industry in the country that has generated large-scale employment for both
Textile_industry_in_India
Slovenian textile worker (1945–2024)
Amalija Knavs (née Ulčnik; July 9, 1945 – January 9, 2024) was a Slovenian textile worker and the mother of Melania Trump, the first lady of the United States
Amalija_Knavs
Canadian textile manufacturer (1905–1997)
The Dominion Textile Company, Limited, known commonly as Domtex, was a Canadian textile manufacturer that was founded in 1905 and closed in 1998 when its
Dominion_Textile
Three-dimensional fibers, yarns and fabrics
technologies. 3D textiles are produced with three planar geometry, opposed to 2D textiles that are made on two planes. The weave in 2D textiles is perpendicular
3D_textiles
Public Research University, Bangladesh
Bangladesh University of Textiles, commonly referred to as BUTEX, is a public university in Bangladesh, situated in Tejgaon, Dhaka. It is the only public
Bangladesh University of Textiles
Bangladesh_University_of_Textiles
Textile management is an interdisciplinary research subject where management issues in the textile and fashion industry (i.e. the value chain of textile
Textile_management
Ornamental curtain used in some sacred sites of Islam
annually since the 16th century as part of a set of textiles sent to Mecca. The tradition is that the textiles are provided by the ruler responsible for the
Sitara_(textile)
Fitness for purpose of textiles
Textile performance, also known as fitness for purpose, is a textile's capacity to withstand various conditions, environments, and hazards, qualifying
Textile_performance
1760–1840 agrarian to industrial era shift
considerably over the world average. The textile industry was the first to use modern production methods, and textiles became the dominant industry in terms
Industrial_Revolution
Former textile mill in Hørsholm, Denmark
Hørsholm Textile Factory (Danish: Hørsholm Klædefabrik) was a textile mill in Hørsholm, Denmark. The oldest part of the buildings can still be seen at
Hørsholm_Textile_Factory
College in Lowell, Massachusetts
four major textile cities in the state as long as they contributed to the building of a school of textiles in Lowell. The Lowell Textile School opened
Lowell Technological Institute
Lowell_Technological_Institute
Indian textile manufacturer
Tata Textile Mills was a textile mills business of Tata Group, with its head office in Bombay. It consisted of four textile mills; namely, Central India
Tata_Textiles
Private university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
"Philadelphia Textile School" when it was founded in 1884, and then "Philadelphia Textile Institute" for 20 years (1942–1961), "Philadelphia College of Textiles &
Thomas_Jefferson_University
Method for applying patterns to cloth using printing techniques
Textile printing is the process of applying color to fabric in definite patterns or designs. In properly printed fabrics the colour is bonded with the
Textile_printing
The Textile Building is a 14-story building at 66 Leonard Street and 239–245 Church Street in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Neo-Renaissance
Textile_Building_(Manhattan)
Textile schools in Bangladesh offer various academic and professional degrees in textile fields. A number of colleges and technical institutes as well
Textile_schools_in_Bangladesh
Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (CHAT) is a non-profit art center located at The Mills, 45 Pak Tin Par Street, Tsuen Wan. As the first and only
Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile
Centre_for_Heritage,_Arts_and_Textile
North American onion species
Allium textile (prairie onion or textile onion) is a common species of wild onion found in the central part of North America. A. textile produces egg-shaped
Allium_textile
University in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
The National Textile University (NTU) (Urdu: (جامعہِ قومی ٹیکسٹائل) is a public university located in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. It is a premier institute
National_Textile_University
Conservation method
Textile stabilization is a conservation method for fiber and yarn-based cloth intended to mitigate damage, prevent degradation and preserve structural
Textile_stabilization
Textile made from spun flax fibre
Linen (/ˈlɪnən/) is a textile made from the bast fibers of the flax plant. Linen cloth has been produced since ancient times primarily for use in clothing
Linen
Embroidered textile art form from the Kaytagsky District of southeast Dagestan, Russia
Kaitag textiles are an unusual embroidered textile art form from the Kaytagsky District of southeast Dagestan, Russia, inhabited mainly by Dargins and
Kaitag_textiles
Chemical washing process
preparatory treatment of certain textile materials. Scouring removes soluble and insoluble impurities found in textiles as natural, added and adventitious
Scouring_(textiles)
Concept of serviceability of textiles
Aesthetics in textiles is one of the basic concepts of the serviceability of textiles. It is determined by the perception of touch and sight. Aesthetics
Aesthetics_(textile)
Pictograms providing clothing care recommendations
association for textile care labelling, was formed in 1963 in part to define international standards for the care and labelling of textiles. By the early
Laundry_symbol
Ancient textiles found in Peru
textiles were found at a necropolis in Peru in the 1920s. The necropolis held 420 bodies who had been mummified and wrapped in embroidered textiles of
Paracas_textile
Provincial public university in Wuhan, Hubei, China
Wuhan Textile University (WTU; 武汉纺织大学) is a public university in Wuhan, China. It occupies three distinct campuses across the city: Nanhu Campus (the
Wuhan_Textile_University
Method of textile preparation
method of textiles; it is applied more commonly to woven textiles and cotton yarns where a clean surface is essential. Singeing in textiles is a mechanical
Singeing_(textiles)
Fibers of discrete length
A staple fiber is a textile fiber of discrete length. The opposite is a filament fiber, which comes in continuous lengths. Staple length is a characteristic
Staple_(textiles)
Textile and garment manufacturing in Switzerland
The Swiss textile and clothing industry encompasses the production of textiles, garments, and footwear in Switzerland. The term textile industry covers
Swiss textile and clothing industry
Swiss_textile_and_clothing_industry
Former system of textile export quotas
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) succeeded the Multi Fibre Arrangement (MFA), and facilitated the gradual dismantling of quotas for world textile trade
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
Agreement_on_Textiles_and_Clothing
Danish historian in the University of Copenhagen
the interdisciplinary study of prehistoric textiles. Her main research focus is on the evidence for textile production in Mycenaean Greece provided by
Marie-Louise_Nosch
Method of printing colorants onto fabric
Digital textile printing is described as any ink jet based method of printing colorants onto fabric. Most notably, digital textile printing is referred
Digital_textile_printing
Textiles for medical and healthcare use
Medical textiles are numerous fiber-based materials intended for medical purposes. Medical textile is a sector of technical textiles that emphasizes fiber-based
Medical_textiles
Academic journal
The Textile Research Journal (TRJ) is a peer reviewed scientific journal published by Sage Publishing, USA . The journal's Editor-in-Chief is Prof. Roshan
Textile_Research_Journal
Spanish textile company
Recover Textile Systems, mainly known as Recover, is a materials science company and producer of mechanically recycled cotton fiber and recycled cotton
Recover_Textile_Systems
The textiles of Mexico have a long history. The making of fibers, cloth and other textile goods has existed in the country since at least 1400 BCE. Fibers
Textiles_of_Mexico
United States labor action
The United States textile workers' strike of 1934, colloquially known later as The Uprising of '34 was the largest textile strike in the labor history
United States textile workers' strike of 1934
United_States_textile_workers'_strike_of_1934
Football club
Crescent Textile Mills Football Club (abbreviated CTM) served as the football section of Crescent Textile Mills Ltd, the Faisalabad-based textile manufacturer
Crescent_Textile_Mills_FC
Thailand Textile Institute (THTI; สถาบันพัฒนาอุตสาหกรรมสิ่งทอ) is a not-for-profit entity under the Foundation for Industrial Development (FID), which
Thailand_Textile_Institute
International trade association
The International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO) is the international body representing the interests of the world's wool-textile trade and industry. Its
International Wool Textile Organisation
International_Wool_Textile_Organisation
Textile Company, Inc. is a vertically integrated technology-based textile business. It develops, manufactures, and distributes multiple-use textiles,
Standard_Textile_Company
The textile industry is Pakistan's largest manufacturing sector, employing nearly 25 million people. As the eighth largest exporter of textile commodities
Textile_industry_in_Pakistan
Textile product made out of mixture of two or more fibers
lengths, diameters, or colors may be combined to create a blend. Blended textiles are fabrics or yarns produced with a combination of two or more types of
Blend_(textile)
Textile museum in Seoul, South Korea
The Chojun Textile and Quilt Art Museum (Korean: 초전섬유퀼트박물관) is a textile museum located in Myeong-dong, Seoul, South Korea. List of museums in Seoul List
Chojun Textile and Quilt Art Museum
Chojun_Textile_and_Quilt_Art_Museum
Dyed cloth made by the Yoruba people
Adire (Yoruba: Àdìrẹ) textile is a type of dyed cloth traditionally made by Yoruba women, using a variety of resist-dyeing techniques. The word 'Adire'
Adire_(textile_art)
Textiles originating in and around continental Africa or through the African Diaspora
African textiles are textiles from various locations across the African continent. Across Africa, there are many distinctive styles, techniques, dyeing
African_textiles
Museum in the United Kingdom
The Fashion and Textile Museum is an English museum. The Fashion and Textile Museum was founded in 2003 by Zandra Rhodes and is operated by the Newham
Fashion_and_Textile_Museum
Color removal technique in textiles
textile processing, stripping is a color removal technique employed to partially or completely eliminate color from dyed textile materials. Textile dyeing
Stripping_(textiles)
Textile Company
Masood Textile Mills (MTM) (Urdu: مسعود ٹیکسٹائل ملز) is a Pakistani textile manufacturing company based in Faisalabad. It operates as an enterprise with
Masood_Textile_Mills
Predominantly Scottish cloth pattern
Meanings to Tartan Design". Textiles as Primary Sources: Proceedings. First Textile Society of America Symposium. Textile Society of America / Minneapolis
Tartan
Former textile museum in Lowell, Massachusetts
The American Textile History Museum (ATHM), located in Lowell, Massachusetts, was founded as the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum (MVTM) in North Andover
American Textile History Museum
American_Textile_History_Museum
City in Punjab, Pakistan
centre of the textile industry in Pakistan, contributing to half of Pakistans total textile shipments. At the end of June 2012, textile mills employed
Faisalabad
Academic journal
of The Textile Institute is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers research and advancements in the field of textile science and textile engineering
The Journal of the Textile Institute
The_Journal_of_the_Textile_Institute
1982 textile strike in Mumbai
The Great Bombay Textile Strike was a textile strike called on 18 January 1982 by the mill workers of Bombay (now Mumbai) under trade union leader Dutta
Great_Bombay_textile_strike
Fine, lustrous, natural fiber produced by various arthropods
natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven or knitted into textiles. The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin (75-80%) and a
Silk
Small sample piece of material
A textile sample is a piece of cloth or fabric designed to represent a larger whole. A small sample, usually taken from existing fabric, is called a swatch
Textile_sample
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English and Catalan
English and Catalan : occupational name for a trader, from Old French mercier, Late Latin mercarius (an agent derivative of merx, genitive mercis, ‘merchandise’). In Middle English the term was applied particularly to someone who dealt in textiles, especially the more costly and luxurious fabrics such as silks, satin, and velvet.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : occupational name from Old French bateor ‘one who beats’, possibly denoting a textile or metal worker.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Lovell, derived from Anglo-Norman French lou ‘wolf’ + the diminutive suffix -el.Lowell is the surname of one of America’s most distinguished New England families, which have been prominent for over 200 years. Its founder, John Lowell (1743–1802), was a legislator and judge. The city of Lowell, MA was named in honor of his son Francis Cabot Lowell (1775–1817), a textile manufacturer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably an occupational name for a bleacher of textiles, from Middle English blÄken ‘to bleach or whiten’. Compare Bleacher. Alternatively, it could be an agent noun from blæc ‘black’, an occupational name for an ink maker. Compare 2.German (Bläcker) : probably from Middle Low German black ‘black ink’, hence an occupational name for an ink maker.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a weaver or textile worker, from Middle English wyndhows ‘winding house’. Compare Winder 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from northern Middle English Spragge, either a personal name or a byname meaning ‘lively’, a metathesized and voiced form of Spark 1.William Sprague came from England to Salem, MA, in 1628 with his brothers Ralph and Richard. He was one of the founders of Charlestown, MA, and later of Hingham, MA. His descendants include Peleg Sprague, a jurist and MA legislator, who was born in 1793 in Duxbury, MA; William Sprague a textile manufacturer born in 1773 in Cranston, RI; and Yale College educator Homer Baxter Sprague, who was born in 1829 in South Sutton, MA, and whose legacy lives on in Yale’s Sprague concert hall.
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Love of the Supreme Being
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Sacred Brave, Old name of Arabia
Surname or Lastname
North German and Dutch
North German and Dutch : variant of Otto.English : variant of Hood 1.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Independent
Boy/Male
Hawaiian
Full of compassion.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Pritika | பà¯à®°à®¿à®¤à®¿à®•à®¾
Beloved, Dear one, An atom of Love
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Honest; Warrior; Fighter
Boy/Male
English
Son of Ronish and Jincy
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ciardha, a midland family name meaning ‘descendant of Ciardha’, a personal name derived from ciar ‘dark’, ‘black’.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhiachra ‘son of Fiachra’.English : habitational name from Carey in Devon or Cary in Somerset, named for the rivers on which they stand; both river names probably derive from the Celtic root car- ‘love’, ‘liking’, perhaps with the meaning ‘pleasant stream’.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from the manor of Carrey, near Lisieux, Normandy, France, of uncertain origin.Welsh and Cornish : variant of Carew.Possibly an Americanized form of German Gehrig or Gehring.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
A Magnificent Form
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a.
Being of a single color; -- applied to flowers, animals, and textile fabrics.
n.
A square or oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or other textile or netted fabric, used, especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders.
n.
That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving.
n.
A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as a texture of any kind, by putting together textile materials; as, to weave broadcloth; to weave a carpet; hence, to form into a fabric; to compose; to fabricate; as, to weave the plot of a story.
a.
Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.
n.
A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, etc.).
n.
An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, under-garments, etc., are made.
n.
Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering.
n.
Body; matter; material of which a thing is made; hence, substantiality; solidity; firmness; as, the substance of which a garment is made; some textile fabrics have little substance.
n.
A textile fabric composed of two or more materials, as cotton, silk, wool, etc., woven together.
n.
One of many textile fabrics having a pile like that of velvet.
n.
Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens.
n.
That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom.
a.
Formed with a surface closely corded, or ribbed transversely; -- applied to textile fabrics of silk or wool; as, rep silk.
a.
Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
a.
Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.
n.
A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces.
v. t.
To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings.