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
Such plays were of too thin contexture to satisfy the somewhat gross and lumpish taste of a Roman audience.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
If we give credence, as we ought to, to that word, it will purify us, and it will test of what contexture our faith is.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms by Maclaren, Alexander
The contexture and combining of this monarchy and great building having been dismissed and dissolved by it, namely, in her old years, giveth as much overture and entrance as a man will to like injuries.
From Montaigne and Shakspere by Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon)
My eyes followed his, and rested almost pleasantly upon the frosted contexture of the pines, rising in moonlit 246 hillocks, or sinking in the shadow of small glens.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
