contexture

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We are all framed of flaps and patches, and of so shapeless and diverse a contexture, that every piece and every moment playeth his part.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 8, 2017

A description of the shape and curious contexture of Feathers: and some conjectures thereupon.

From Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon by Hooke, Robert

Collateral events are so artfully woven into the contexture of his principal story, that they cannot be disjoined without leaving it lacerated and broken.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel

Of the contexture of events planned by the author, which is called the action of the poem, since it is left imperfect, no judgment can he made.

From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Johnson, Samuel

I wonder at their present patience and perseverance, and can never sufficiently admire the contexture of that brain which can weave with unwearied toil such immense webs of idle tittle-tattle, and gossipping nonsense.

From Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela (1754) by Anonymous