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truvat en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of trivet (“weaver's knife”).
   alt of trivet
   • He now takes a sharp pointed instrument called a truvat, and runs the point along the groove of the wire first introduced, which relieves it, and leaves the ends of the pile projecting from the cloth, and forming the shag. 1827, Encyclopaedia Edinensis, page 486:

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