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the slow surrender of order, fiber by fiber, until tangle becomes texture becomes destiny
means Tangled and pressed into a dense, knotted mass, as hair, fur, or fibers become when they clump together and lose their separate strands.
from From 'mat,' the word for a rough woven floor-covering, which traces back through Old English 'matte' to Late Latin 'matta' — a covering of woven rushes or reeds. To be 'matted,' then, is to take on the character of that humble plaited mat: strands crossing, locking, fusing into one tangled fabric. The textile sense of 'matte' (dull, flat) is a separate cousin from French.
- dreadlock physics
- Hair mats by knotting and felting under friction
- sheep problem
- Matted wool traps moisture and breeds flystrike infection
- art framing
- A mat is the border that makes prints breathe
- feline grief
- Severe mats pull skin and require sedated shaving
- word root
- From Old English for a coarse woven floor covering
matted hair condition — common in neglected pets and humans, can require professional grooming to remove
matted picture frame finish — non-reflective surface coating used in art galleries and museums since the 1800s