Wilton carpet

·- A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, but differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an elastic velvet pile;

— so called because made originally at Wilton, England.

Carpet
·noun A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. II. Carpet ·vt To cover with, or as...

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Axminster carpet
·add. ·- A similar but cheaper machine-made carpet, resembling moquette in construction and appearan...

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carpet-shark
n. i.q. wobbegong (q.v.) ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
carpet-snake
n. a large Australian snake witha variegated skin, Python variegata, Gray. InWhitworth's `Anglo-Ind...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
carpet weed
A small spreading plant, common in cultivated ground (molugo).--Bigelow's Plants of Boston. ...

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carpet-way
a green way, a way on the turf. S. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
carpet-knight
A man who obtains knighthood on a pretence for services in which he never participated. ...

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carpet-men
Those officers who, without services or merit, obtain rapid promotion through political or other int...

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