Word Meanings - FRINGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like.

• Consistently
  In a consistent manner.
• Leathered
  of Leather
• Loosening
  of Loosen
• Projectile
  Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.
• Twister
  One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
• Consistorial
  Of or pertaining to a consistory.
• Leathering
  of Leather
• Loosen
  To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth.
• Pieced
  of Piece
• Projection
  The act of throwing or shooting forward.
• Sewerage
  The construction of a sewer or sewers.
• Twistical
  Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest.
• Appendage
  Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.
• Consistorian
  Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy.
• Leatherback
  A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tor
• Loosener
  One who, or that which, loosens.
• Pieceless
  Not made of pieces; whole; entire.
• Projectment
  Design; contrivance; projection.

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