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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tapestry  \Tap"es*try\,  n.;  pl  {Tapestries}.  [F.  tapissere  fr 
  tapisser  to  carpet,  to  hang,  or  cover  with  tapestry,  fr 
  tapis  a  carpet,  carpeting,  LL  tapecius  fr  L.  tapete 
  carpet,  tapestry,  Gr  ?,  ?.  Cf  {Tapis},  {Tippet}.] 
  A  fabric,  usually  of  worsted,  worked  upon  a  warp  of  linen  or 
  other  thread  by  hand,  the  designs  being  usually  more  or  less 
  pictorial  and  the  stuff  employed  for  wall  hangings  and  the 
  like  The  term  is  also  applied  to  different  kinds  of 
  embroidery. 
 
  {Tapestry  carpet},  a  kind  of  carpet,  somewhat  resembling 
  Brussels,  in  which  the  warp  is  printed  before  weaving,  so 
  as  to  produce  the  figure  in  the  cloth. 
 
  {Tapestry  moth}.  (Zo["o]l.)  Same  as  {Carpet  moth},  under 
  {Carpet}. 




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