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A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture. Shak. Adam's flannel. (Bot.) See under Adam. -- Canton flannel, Cotton flannel. See Cotton flannel, under Cotton.

i), often erroneously thought to be composite. The involucre looks as if cut out of white flannel.

Covered or wrapped in flannel.

See Cotton flannel.

A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).

by the forbidden fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first parent. -- Adam's flannel (Bot.), the mullein (Verbascum thapsus). -- Adam's needle (Bot.), the popular name of a genus (Yucca) of liliaceous plants.

A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly.

e woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. [Written also duffle.] Good duffel gray and flannel fine. Wordsworth.

Made or consisting of flannel. [Obs.] "Flannen robes." Dryden.

t that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush etc., to excite the skin to healthy action.

ent directions. Herringbone stitch, a kind of cross-stitch in needlework, chiefly used in flannel. Simmonds.

strainer, made by stitching together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth, esp. flannel of linen.

ance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; -- as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth.

f a small private party. -- Opéra comique Etym: [F.], comic or humorous opera. -- Opera flannel, a light flannel, highly finished. Knight. -- Opera girl (Bot.), an East Indian plant (Mantisia saltatoria) of the Ginger family, sometimes seen in hothouses. It has curious flowers which have some resemblance to a ballet…

on, of the Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also flannelmouth, and grunt.

Saxony yarn, or flannel made of it or similar yarn.

silk or cotton; a sort of twilled fustian, like moleskin. Swan's-down cotton. See Cotton flannel, under Cotton.

A species of soft flannel, thick and warm.

African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa (Theobroma). -- Vegetable flannel, a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the Pinus sylvestris. -- Vegetable ivory. See Ivory nut, under Ivory. -- Vegetable jelly. See Pectin. -- Ve…

Of or pertaining to Wales, or its inhabitants. [Sometimes written also Welch.] Welsh flannel, a fine kind of flannel made from the fleece of the flocks of the Welsh mountains, and largely manufactured by hand. -- Welsh glaive, or Welsh hook, a weapon of war used in former times by the Welsh, commonly regarded as a kin…