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A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.

A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, -- used for w

us persons, who are not to be fixed by any principles, whom no topics can work upon. Bp. Wilkins.

A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.

can readily be adsorbed into the vessels; intrafusion; as, the peritoneal transfusion of milk.

] was transplaced . . . from the left side of the Vatican into a more eminent place. Bp. Wilkins.

ing by experience; proof; test. Repeated trials of the issues and events of actions. Bp. Wilkins.

A fabric of woolen, silk, or cotton knitted, or women to resemble knitted work.

The science of rotary motion, or of wheel work. Wilkins.

A silk fabric formerly in use, having a nap or pile. [Written also tuft-taffeta.]

A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc.

To swell. [Obs.] Wilkins.

acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.

An undomesticated East Indian silkworn (Antheræa mylitta), that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other plants.

A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like.

Curdled milk. [India]

The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and stored; -- popularly called the bag in cows and other quadrupeds. See Mamma. A lioness, with udders all drawn dry. Shak.

Hence, without mother's milk; motherless; as, udderless lambs. [Poetic] Keats.

merican tree (Castilloa elastica and C. Markhamiana) related to the breadfruit tree. Its milky juice contains caoutchouc. Called also ule tree.

wer cluster in which the flower stalks radiate from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel, called umbellet, or umbellule.