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Coarse plain India muslins.

Muslin. Mousseline de laine (. Etym: [F., muslin of wool.] Muslin delaine. See under Muslin. -- Mousseline glass, a kind of thin blown glassware, such as wineglasses, etc.

A soft thin silk fabric with a weave like that of muslin.

A thin, soft kind of muslin.

A fine, soft muslin; mull.

The close linen or muslin cap of an old woman. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

A thick sort of jaconet muslin, plain or striped, formerly made in India.

A kind of transparent light muslin.

plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin.

Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin.

A band of linen, muslin, or the like, fluted, folded, or plaited so as somewhat to resemble a row of quills.

A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children. Here to-morrow with his best ruff on. Shak. His gravity is much lessened since the late proclamation came out against ruffs; . . . they were come to that height of excess herein, that twenty shillings were…

A kind of muslin.

A kind of muslin of a texture between nainsook and mull.

Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.

Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin. [Spelt also slazy.]

ark or adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin.

A kind of thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses.

A bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dress goods. McElrath.

A worker on sewed muslin. [Eng.]