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Sleazy :: Sleazy (a.) Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin..

Taste :: Taste (n.) A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

Safranine :: Safranine (n.) An orange-red nitrogenous dyestuff produced artificially by oxidizing certain aniline derivatives, and used in dyeing silk and wool; also, any one of the series of which safranine proper is the type..

Silkman :: Silkman (n.) A dealer in silks; a silk mercer.

Silky :: Silky (superl.) Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous..

Safranin :: Safranin (n.) A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet; -- called also Spanish red, China lake, and carthamin..

Guitar :: Guitar (n.) A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon with the fingers..

Moff :: Moff (n.) A thin silk stuff made in Caucasia.

Haberdasher :: Haberdasher (n.) A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc..

Crape :: Crape (n.) A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen..

Grosgrain :: Grosgrain (a.) Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.

Bombycinous :: Bombycinous (a.) Silken; made of silk.

Swanskin :: Swans-down (n.) A fine, soft, thick cloth of wool mixed with silk or cotton; a sort of twilled fustian, like moleskin..

Diaphane :: Diaphane (n.) A woven silk stuff with transparent and colored figures; diaper work.

Dressing :: Dressing (n.) Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics..

Hasp :: Hasp (n.) A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on..

Velvet :: Velvet (n.) A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back..

Cudweed :: Cudweed (n.) A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed..

Arrasene :: Arrasene (n.) A material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery.

Serricated :: Serricated (a.) Covered with fine silky down.

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