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Unfaithfulness to the marriage vow or contract; violation of the marriage covenant by adultery.

To interlock, as the fingers of two hands that are joined; to be interwoven; to commingle. Owen.

The act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven; that which is interwoven. "Knit in nice intertexture." Coleridge. Skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs. Cowper.

Interwoven. [R.] Shak.

or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven. Under the hospitable covert nigh Of trees thick interwoven. Milton.

Inwrought; woven in.

Not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable covenant, agreement, promise, or vow. Their almighty Maker first ordained And bound them with inviolable bands. Spenser. And keep our faiths firm and inviolable. Shak.

A silk fabric, with a woven pattern of sprigs of flowers. [Written also jamdanee.] Balfour (Cyc. of India).

A twilled cotton cloth. Satin jean, a kind of jean woven smooth and glossy, after the manner of satin.

A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy; the "ineffable name" of the Supreme Being, which was not pronounced by the Jews.

professional builder who erects cheap dwellings of poor materials and unsubstantial and slovenly construction.

A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven from wool of long staple.

A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone.

The mouth or opening of an oven or kiln. Shak.

cake, etc.; as, to knead dough. The kneading, the making of the cake, the heating of the oven, and the baking. Shak.

A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc. "Garden knots." Bacon. Flowers worthy of paradise, which, not nice art In beds and curious knots, but nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain. Milton.

Interwoven; matted; entangled. Make . . . thy knotted and combined locks to part. Shak.

That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc. His hat hung at his back down by a lace. Chaucer. For striving more, the more in laces st…

kin to French, formerly spoken south of the Loire (in which the word for "yes" was oc); Provencal.

An annealing oven. See Leer, n.