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change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes"

a thick flat pad used as a floor covering

not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"

a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it

change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes"

a thick flat pad used as a floor covering

table linen for an individual place setting

not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"

A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.

Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.

A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes.

Any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like.

Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair.

An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype.

To cover or lay with mats.

To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.

To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat.

A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.

Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.

A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes.

Any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like.

Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair.

An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype.

To cover or lay with mats.

To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.

To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat.

A flat piece of coarse woven fabric, used for a floor covering, etc.; anything thickly overgrown or entangled, as weeds; a dull finish on a gilded or painted surface; a border serving as a margin for a picture.

To mass, knot, or twist together; to produce a dull surface upon.

To become knotted or tangled.

Matted.

Matting.

A texture of sedge, etc., for cleaning the feet on: a web of rope-yarn.

To cover with mats: to interweave: to entangle:-pr.p. matting; pa.t. and pa.p. matted.

A texture of rushes, straw, or other coarse fibres.

To cover with mats; entangle.

To knot into a mat; be tangled.

A flat article as of straw, etc., for wiping the feet.

A border for a picture.

A texture of sedge, rushes, straw, or other coarse fibrous material: a web of rope-yarn.

To cover or lay with mats; to twist together.

A thick texture formed by weaving or plaiting together rushes, straw, rope-yarn, or suchlike substances, used for laying down at the entrance of a house or apartment that the boots or shoes of those about to enter may be cleaned or rubbed on it; an article woven or plaited of straw, &c., for putting beneath dishes at table; an ornamental article of worsted or other material to put beneath a drawing-room ornament.

To twist together or interweave like a mat; to felt or entangle; to grow thick together.

n. [Anglo-Saxon] A texture of sedge, rushes, husks, straw, or other material, laid on the floor of a lobby, or at the door of a room;— a web of rope-yarn used to protect the rigging from chafing, die.