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
Strengthened as was his monarchical power in Spain, in Germany he found it hemmed in and fettered by the Estates of the Empire and the whole contexture of political relations.
From Life of Luther by Julius Koestlin
This islet, of curious contexture, resembles as near as possible a cup turned upside down, from which a fuliginous vapor arises.
From Facing the Flag by Jules Verne
Then Sella hung the slippers in the porch Of that broad rustic lodge, and all who passed Admired their fair contexture, but none knew Who left them by the brook.
From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Richard Henry Stoddard
Unusuall words oft used give lesse offence; Nor will the old contexture dim or marre, For often us’d they’re next to old, thred-bare.
From Democritus Platonissans by Henry More
