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Word Meanings - PLAIT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

of plicare to fold, akin to plectere to plait. See Ply, and cf. Plat 1. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait. The plaits and foldings of the drapery. Addison. 2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat. Polish plait. Same

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of plicare to fold, akin to plectere to plait. See Ply, and cf. Plat 1. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait. The plaits and foldings of the drapery. Addison. 2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat. Polish plait. Same as Plica.

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  • INTERLACE
    To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave. Severed into stripes That interlaced each other. Cowper. The epic way is every where interlaced with dialogue. Dryden. Interlacing arches
  • WEAVER
    A weaver bird. (more info) 1. One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave. "Weavers of linen." P. Plowman.
  • WREATHLESS
    Destitute of a wreath.
  • WREATHE
    1. To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn. And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe. Spenser. 2. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine. The nods and smiles of recognition into which this singular
  • WEAVE
    1. To practice weaving; to work with a loom. 2. To become woven or interwoven.
  • TWISTING
    a. & n. from Twist. Twisting pair. See under Pair, n., 7.
  • INTERMIX
    To be mixed together; to be intermingled.
  • BRAID
    and fro, to weave; akin. to Icel. breg, D. breiden to knit, OS. 1. To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait. Braid your locks with rosy twine. Milton. 2. To mingle, or to bring
  • INTERLACEMENT
    The act of interlacing, or the state of being interlaced; also, that which is interlaced.
  • WREATH-SHELL
    A marine shell of the genus Turbo. See Turbo.
  • INTERTWINE
    To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace. Milton.
  • TWISTER
    A girder. Craig. (more info) 1. One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving. 2. The instrument used in twisting, or making twists. He, twirling his twister,
  • INTERMIXTURE
    1. A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed. Boyle. 2. Admixture; an additional ingredient. In this height of impiety there wanted not an intermixture of levity and folly. Bacon.
  • TWIST
    1. To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others. 2. To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form
  • INTERMIXEDLY
    In a mixed manner.
  • INTERSECTIONAL
    Pertaining to, or formed by, intersections.
  • BRAIDING
    1. The act of making or using braids. 2. Braids, collectively; trimming. A gentleman enveloped in mustachios, whiskers, fur collars, and braiding. Thackeray.
  • INTERSECT
    To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts; as, any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the center. Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Cowper.
  • PLAITED
    Folded; doubled over; braided; figuratively, involved; intricate; artful. Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides. Shak.
  • SATIN WEAVE
    A style of weaving producing smooth-faced fabric in which the warp interlaces with the filling at points distributed over the surface.
  • PLAIT
    of plicare to fold, akin to plectere to plait. See Ply, and cf. Plat 1. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait. The plaits and foldings of the drapery. Addison. 2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat. Polish plait. Same
  • UNWEAVE
    To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven.
  • INTERTWIST
    To twist together one with another; to intertwine.
  • UNTWIST
    1. To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine. If one of the twines of the twist do untwist, The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist. Wallis. 2. To untie; to open; to disentangle. Milton.
  • INTERWREATHE
    To weave into a wreath; to intertwine. Lovelace.
  • INWREATHE
    Resplendent locks, inwreathed with beams. Milton.
  • IMBRAID
    See EMBRAID
  • UNBRAID
    To separate the strands of; to undo, as a braid; to unravel; to disentangle.

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