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Piece of material   /pis əv mətˈɪriəl/   Listen
Piece of material

noun
1.
A separate part consisting of fabric.  Synonym: piece of cloth.






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"Piece of material" Quotes from Famous Books



... on to linen, as in the case of applique. The cloth to be inlaid is placed upon the other, and both are cut through with one action of the knife, so that the parts cannot but fit. The coherent piece of material (the ground, say, of the pattern) is then laid upon a piece of strong linen already in a frame; the vacant spaces in it are filled up by pieces of the other stuff, and all is tacked down in place. That done, ...
— Art in Needlework - A Book about Embroidery • Lewis F. Day

... until the depth arrived at is equal to what is indicated by a previous examination of the thickness of the crust as viewed from the solar surface. Here Colonel Smith says: 'I strongly advise everyone to use a metal gauge (a thin piece of material) to introduce into the incision made by the saw, and run it up and down to ascertain whether the wall is properly divided throughout. The depth to which this should be done we know from the previous measurements of ...
— Diseases of the Horse's Foot • Harry Caulton Reeks



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