/ · 1894 Brewer’s · T · Temple (A)
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A kind of stretcher, used by weavers for keeping Scotch carpeting at its proper breadth during weaving. The weaver’s temple is a sort of wooden rule with teeth of a pothook form.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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