Truvat

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of trivet (“weaver's knife”). alt-of, alternative

    "He now takes a sharp pointed instrument called a truvat, and runs the point along the groove of the wire first introduced, which relieves it, and leaves the ends of the pile projecting from the cloth, and forming the shag."

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"He now takes a sharp pointed instrument called a truvat, and runs the point along the groove of the wire first introduced, which relieves it, and leaves the ends of the pile projecting from the cloth, and forming the shag."

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