Figured Twills.—Figured twills are regular twills with a small figure introduced between the diagonal lines. The designs introduced are generally small figures produced by plain weave or a small diamond-shaped spot made by either the warp or the weft threads being brought to the surface and made to form the design. The designs are never very elaborate.
Twin Needle.—A double row of interlocked machine stitching used for covering raw edges and seams of knit underwear.
Unclassed Native Cotton Cloth (China).—All Native Cotton Cloths, whether woven on a hand or power loom, which are not—
(a.) Nankeen as defined in Customs Notification No. 876 ([see Nankeen]);
(b.) Specially enumerated in the General Tariff of 1858 for the Trade of China; or
(c.) the produce of a Privileged Factory and at the same time enumerated in either the General Tariff of 1858 or the Revised Import Tariff—
are grouped under the heading "Unclassed Native Cotton Cloth." This group comprises:—
1º. All cotton fabrics woven with a plain, satin, or twill weave or a combination of these weaves, in part or whole, from yarns, whether single or folded, which have been either mercerised, gassed, dyed and mercerised, or dyed and gassed prior to weaving, whether woven in a cloth having a solid colour effect or whether woven so as to produce a striped or woven figured effect.