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A heavy silk with a dull finish; as, gros de Naples; gros de Tours.

Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.

utiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white.

of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon with the fingers.

The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line. Blind gut. See CÆcum, n. (b).

A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc.

A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.

A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.

An iron alum occurring in silky fibrous aggregates of a yellowish white color.

are's foot. Harefoot clover (Bot.), a species of clover (Trifolium arvense) with soft and silky heads.

A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.

d produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch heresy. Hooker. Fancies hatched In silken-folded idleness. Tennyson.

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

a schist (Min.), a mica schist characterized by the presence of hydromica. It often has a silky luster and almost soapy feel.

A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc.

le; as, a field impurpled with blood. Impurpled with celestial roses, smiled. Milton. The silken fleece impurpled for the loom. Pope.

medicines, perfumes, and the like, and carried in the girdle. It is usually secured by a silk cord by which the wearer may grasp it, which cord passes through an ornamental button or knob called a netsuke.

ct of their mutual attraction is insensible. C. A. Young. Insulated wire, wire wound with silk, or covered with other nonconducting material, for electrical use.

together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven. Under the hospitable covert nigh Of trees thick interwoven. Milton.

A silk fabric, with a woven pattern of sprigs of flowers. [Written also jamdanee.] Balfour (Cyc. of India).