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Umbrella :: Umbrella (n.) A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol..

Mandarining :: Mandarining (n.) The process of giving an orange color to goods formed of animal tissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring matter, but by producing a certain change in the fiber by the action of dilute nitric acid..

Crepon :: Crepon (n.) A thin stuff made of the finest wool or silk, or of wool and silk..

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

Hair-salt :: Hair-salt (n.) A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.

Dropworm :: Dropworm (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm..

Fangot :: Fangot (n.) A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight..

Lutestring :: Lutestring (n.) A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies' dresses and for ribbon..

Ardassine :: Ardassine (n.) A very fine sort of Persian silk.

Fine :: Fine (superl.) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk..

Pernyi Moth :: Pernyi moth () A silk-producing moth (Attacus Pernyi) which feeds upon the oak. It has been introduced into Europe and America from China.

Fringe :: Fringe (n.) An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like..

Floss :: Floss (n.) Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering..

Saturnian :: Saturnian (n.) Any one of numerous species of large handsome moths belonging to Saturnia and allied genera. The luna moth, polyphemus, and promethea, are examples. They belong to the Silkworn family, and some are raised for their silk. See Polyphemus..

Silkiness :: Silkiness (n.) Fig.: Effeminacy; weakness.

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..

Chrysaniline :: Chrysaniline (n.) A yellow substance obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of rosaniline. It dyes silk a fine golden-yellow color.

Challis :: Challis (n.) A soft and delicate woolen, or woolen and silk, fabric, for ladies' dresses..

Lustring :: Lustring (n.) A kind of glossy silk fabric. See Lutestring.

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

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