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A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag.

A running; full speed; a rapid course. When a horse is running in his full career. Wilkins.

n both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kindom it is chiefly found in milk, and constitutes the main part of the curd separated by rennet; in the vegetable kingdom it is found more or less abundantly in the seeds of leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin. [Written also case…

A cloth with a cotton wart, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk.

of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm, silkworm.

cal body about which Mädler supposed the solar system together with all the stars in the Milky Way, to be revolving. A point near Alcyone in the Pleiades was supposed to possess characteristics of the position of such a body.

(Astron.) A northern constellation near the pole. Its head, which is in the Milky Way, is marked by a triangle formed by three stars of the fourth magnitude. See Cassiopeia.

Cherry-colored; a light bright red; --- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.

A soft and delicate woolen, or woolen and silk, fabric, for ladies' dresses. [Written also chally.]

rent, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.

prepared for use un an electric light apparatus. -- Mineral charcoal, a term applied to silky fibrous layers of charcoal, interlaminated in beds of ordinary bituminous coal; -- known to miners as mother of coal.

pudding made by lining a dish with slices of bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked. Charlotte Russe (, or Charlotte à la russe Etym: [F., lit., Russian charlotte] (Cookery), a dish composed of custard or whipped cream, inclosed in sponge cake.

Having a changeable, varying luster, or color, like that of a changeable silk, or oa a cat's eye in the dark.

The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.

A turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven.

Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimimg of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of chenille rugs.

The beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or cake in boiling water or milk. Chocolate house, a house in which customers may be served with chocolate. -- Chocolate nut. See Cacao.

nfantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants, caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and especially fatal in large cities. -- Cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance. -- Chicken cholera…

Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.

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