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What does "texture" mean?

Texture: That which woven; a woven fabric; a web. Milton. Others, apart far in the grassy dale, Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave. Thomson.

Additional senses

  1. 2.The disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other slender bodies, interwoven; as, the texture of cloth or of a spider's web.
  2. 3.The disposition of the several parts of any body in connection with each other, or the manner in which the constituent parts are united; structure; as, the texture of earthy substances or minerals; the texture of a plant or a bone; the texture of paper; a loose or compact texture.
  3. 4.(Biol.) A tissue. See Tissue.
  4. 5.To form a texture of or with; to interweave. [R.]

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