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9 words match “DRESS GOODS”

DRESS GOODS n.
A term applied to fabrics for the gowns of women and girls; -- most commonly to fabrics of mixed materials, but also applicable to silks, printed linens, and calicoes.
CASHMERETTE n.
A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere.
DEBEIGE n.
A kind of woolen or mixed dress goods. [Written also debage.]
DOLLY VARDEN n.
A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also, a style of dress. Dolly Varden trout (Zoöl.), a trout of northwest America; -- called also bull trout, malma, and red-spotted trout. See Malma.
GOOD n.
hy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate Unto the state of Venice. Shak. Dress goods, Dry goods, etc. See in the Vocabulary. -- Goods engine, a freight locomotive. [Eng.] -- Goods train, a freight train. [Eng.] -- Goods wagon, a freight car [Eng.] See the Note under Car, n., 2.
GRISAILLE n.
A kind of French fancy dress goods. Knight.
PIQUE n.
A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.
SATEEN n.
A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin.
TILLOT n.
A bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dress goods. McElrath.