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e subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine. How oft, when Paul has served us with a text, Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached! Cowper.

A large hand in writing; -- so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand.

A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes.

A large hand in writing; -- so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand.

Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics. Textile cone (Zoöl.), a beautiful cone shell (Conus textilis) in which the colors are arranged so that they resemble certain kinds of cloth.

One ready in quoting texts. [R.] Bp. Sanderston.

Of or pertaining to weaving. T. Warton.

Of or pertaining to weaving, textorial; as, the textrine art. Denham.

Of, pertaining to, or contained in, the text; as, textual criticism; a textual reading. Milton.

A textman; a textuary. Lightfoot.

In a textual manner; in the text or body of a work; in accordance with the text.

A textuary. [R.]

Contained in the text; textual. Sir T. Browne.

Textual. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A textualist; a textman. [Obs.] The crabbed textualists of his time. Milton.

Of or pertaining to texture.

c; a web. Milton. Others, apart far in the grassy dale, Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave. Thomson.

The art or process of weaving; texture. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Knit or woven together; close; firm. [Obs.] The coats, without, are context and callous. Derham.

Pertaining to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven. Dr. John Smith (1666).