Contexture

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contexture \Con*tex"ture\ (?; 135), n. [Cf. F. contexture.]
     The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a
     thing; a weaving together of parts; structural character of a
     thing; system; constitution; texture.
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           That wonderful contexture of all created beings.
                                                    --Dryden.
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           He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather
           sturdy than dainty.                      --Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.
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