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A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc. Gimp nail, an upholsterer's small nail.

A large piece of woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment. [Written also hyke.] Heyse.

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

A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven from wool of long staple.

A kind of woolen.

A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting.

A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth. Lewis hole, a hole wider at the bottom than at the mouth, into which a lewis is fitted. De Foe.

A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.

containing miscellaneous papers or compositions. Magazine dress, clothing made chiefly of woolen, without anything metallic about it, to be worn in a powder magazine. -- Magazine gun, a portable firearm, as a rifle, with a chamber carrying cartridges which are brought automatically into position for firing. -- Magazi…

A silk or woolen vestment without sleeves worn by cardinals, bishops, abbots, and the prelates of the Roman court. It has a low collar, is fastened in front, and reaches almost to the knees.

ry, where the demand exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods. There is a third thing to be considered: how a market can be created for produce, or how production can be limited to the capacities of the market. J. S. Mill.…

A kind of stout woolen cloth with unfinished face and without raised nap. A commoner variety has a cotton warp.

in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens. [Eng.]

A thick woolen fabric, watered or with embossed figures; -- used in upholstery, for curtains, etc.

Any one of various other insects that destroy woolen and fur goods, etc., esp. the larvæ of several species of beetles of the genera Dermestes and Anthrenus. Carpet moths are often the larvæ of Anthrenus. See Carpet beetle, under Carpet, Dermestes, Anthrenus.

A fibrous material obtained by deviling rags or the remnants of woolen goods.

, shirting and sheeting muslins. Muslin cambric. See Cambric. -- Muslin delaine, a light woolen fabric for women's dresses. See Delaine. [Written also mousseline de laine.]

A large, square, woolen cloak which enveloped the whole person, worn by the Greeks and by certain Romans. It is the Roman name of a Greek garment.

Similar in texture or appearance to felt or woolen cloth.

A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather.