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A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also blond lace.

An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the wi…

A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called a…

An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving…

A thin stuff made of the finest wool or silk, or of wool and silk.

A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slende…

Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like.

A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertiliz…

A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment for reeling silk.

To embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers; as, flowered silk.

A thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton, originally imported from India, but now also made elsewhere.

A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.

A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.

A coarse stuff made of silk and mohair, or of coarse silk.

Dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers.

A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar fl…

A thin silk or woolen goods, for women's dresses, woven in various styles and colors.

A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; -- called also