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Sal in. a fabric in which so much of the weft is 

 brought uppermost in the weaving as to give a 

 more lustrous and unbroken surface to the cloth 

 than u men when the warp and weft cross each 

 other more frequently ; this will IN* better under- 

 stood by reference to the figure than by any verbal 

 description. A are the warp threads, of which 

 only every tenth one is raised to allow the shuttle 

 to paw, but they are all raised in regular succea- 

 ion, so that the weaving is quite uniform through- 

 oat : B are the weft thread* ; ami ('is the selvedge. 

 which U formed on each aide of the piece of stuff 



he regular method of plain weaving that in, by 

 rawing every other warp thread for the passage of 

 the weft The figure shows a ten-thread satin 



ill, but there arc varionn others made, such as a 

 re, a six, a seven, and an eight-thread satin 

 The lowest satin twill that can IN* pnNlue.il is ;l 

 four-thread, which is i-oiiietini called the satinet 

 twill. The term satin is rarely applied to other 

 than silk textile. ( ... SII.K ). A cotton, and some 

 time* even a woollen, fabric woven in the way 

 fewribeii U called aten. 



Hatln-hlrd. 8e* ROWER BIRD. 



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Mai in wood. Thi i |N>rlia|w the most valu- 

 alilp of the Hgbt-OOMrwi furniture woods. Two 

 kinds of satin wood are known in commerce, both 



being Mmiewhat similar in ap|>earance, although 

 they do not appear to he closely allied botanicalrv. 

 line kind is obtained from a moderate si/ed de- 

 ciduous tree (CJUorvxylon nrirlriiiii), growing in 

 Central inul South India, iiirliiding Ceylon, it is 

 iillinl to the iniilio^'unv tii-i', and as reganls appeur- 

 utic-e the WNM| mij;Jit lie calleil u yellow mail 

 In India Mttinw.NNl is used f<ir house lniililiiig 

 and agricultural implements, as well ;i- tor tmni- 

 tnre purposes : hut richly figured 

 pieces of it, especially,' are ex- 

 ported to England for cabinet- 

 work. \Vest Indian sat in wood 

 is the liettei- of the |o kinds 

 at least it is more commonly 

 used for furniture. It comes 

 chiefly from San Domingo and 

 I'orto Rico, but, although tin- 

 wood has been long used in 

 Kurope, its botanical soun-r in 

 not certainly known. It is, 

 however, supposed to be fur- 

 nished by an El*enaceons tree. 

 Satinwood, of either kind, i* 

 hard, very close-grained, and 

 takes a fine polUh. It can In- 

 cut into small mouldings lietter 

 than most woods, but it i- of 

 a 'greasy' nature, and does not 

 hold glue well. In colour it is 

 of a gulidued yellow passing 

 into brown, and much of it has a rich satiny or 

 feathery figure which is very l*eautiful. It has 

 DM mud, used in costly furniture, but not so 

 extensively in recent years. The cnbins of pass- 

 n^er Mi .inn .s are often panelled with satinwood, 

 Inch is also a good deal employed for small orna- 

 mental articles. 



. Satire, one of the capital divisions of literature, 

 is in its essence criticism of man and his works, 

 whom it bom up either to ridicule or to scorn. 

 One of the greatest mastei-s in the art (Dryden) 

 descrilx-s it as 



The boldnt wjr, If not the best, 

 To t*II men freely of their foulest fult, 

 To laugh at their vain deedi and vainer thought*. 



The chief instnimente of the satirist's equipment 

 are irony, sarcasm, invective, wit, and humour, 

 s last generally in ite lower or inferior grades. 

 I lie satiric denunciation of a wiiter burning with 

 indignation at some social wrong nralm.-e is capable 

 of reaching to the very highest level of literature. 

 The writings of a satirist of this type, and to some 

 extent of every satirist who touclies on the social 

 0!<|wct*> of life, present a picture, more or le^s vi\ id, 

 though not of course complete or impartial, of the 

 age to uliicl, I,,. ],eloiigs-of the men, their manners, 

 fashion-, tastes, and prevalent opinions: thus they 

 have a historical as well as a literary and an 

 ethical (or philosophical) value. All types of 

 satirist, except the philosophical and the social, 

 tend to be personal in their criticism. Their invec- 

 tive too often slips into scurrilous abuse, or verbal 

 insolence and the calling of opprobrious names; 

 and their ridicule is either light badinage, or 

 playful irony, or sarcastic mockery, or caricature, 

 or rollicking fun, or jeering laughter. How power- 

 ful an instrument satire is for influencing men's 

 actions, es|H'cially in the sphere of politics, has been 

 al.iindantly manifested from the day when Elijah 

 taunted the prophets ,,f Maal on Mount Carmel to 

 the latest cartoon of /',/, or A'fntMeniriutsch or 

 /''/. Satiric writers have made use of many 

 different forms of literature : Dryden and I 'ope, for 

 instance, adopted the mock-heroic epic, Urich von 

 Hutten chose epistles, Langland (Piert Plowman) 

 and Quevedo imaginary visions, Cervantes and Swift 



