plaited

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In Pressing a Plaited Skirt.—In pressing a plaited skirt one will gain time and have more satisfactory results if the plaits are basted before the pressing is done.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

Plaited all around, plaited to the bottom, leaving an opening.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

With fingers dyed and flowing hair Plaited with tresses, sweet of      show, And eyelids beautified with kohl, They make one drink of bale and      woe.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III by Payne, John

Plaited woolen rope, with wooden hooks attached, used for fastening the load upon the back of an animal.

From Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 by Stevenson, James

Follow this with two rows of triple twist and border described as follows: Plaited Border This border is especially appropriate for large baskets and trays.

From Practical Basketry by Gill, Anna A.