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

A supposed primitive state of society, in which all the women of a tribe were held in common. H. Spencer. -- Het`a*ris"tic, a.

ral worth; virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity; uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity. If she have forgot Honor and virtue. Shak. Godlike erect, with native honor clad. Milton.

A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed.

A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished, so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into paroxism or fits.…

t only immolate to them [the deities] the lives of men, but . . . the virtue and honor of women. Boyle.

A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night. Tylor. The devils who appeared in the female form were generally called succubi; those who appeared like men incubi, though this distinction was not always preserved. Lecky.

To allure; to lay a bait for. [Obs.] To inescate and beguile young women! Burton.

Deranged in mind; out of one's senses. [Obs.] These poor informal women. Shak.

pon the skin. -- Washerwoman's itch, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring among washerwomen.

An arrangement of lace or tulle, looped ornamentally, and worn by women on the front of the dress.

A waistcoat or kind of stays for women.

A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

A square of fine linen worn by women as a covering for the head; hence, anything similar in form or material, worn for ornament on other parts of the person; -- mostly used in compounds; as, neckerchief; breastkerchief; and later, handkerchief. He might put on a hat, a muffler, and a kerchief, and so escape. Shak. Her…

kind of loose robe or gown tied with a sash, worn as an outer garment by Japanese men and women.

A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn doth by men and women. Wearing her Norman car, and her kirtle of blue. Longfellow.

A linsey-woolsey fabric having a rough knotted surface on the right side; used for women's dresses.

A mixture of soot and other ingredients, used by Egyptian and other Eastern women to darken the edges of the eyelids.

A kind of broadcloth of light weight, used for women's dresses, cloaks, etc.

A gallant who captivates the hearts of women. "A renowned dandy and lady-killer." Blackw. Mag.