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. The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting muslins. Muslin cambric. See Cambric. -- Muslin delaine, a light woolen fabric for women's dresses. See Delaine. [Written also mousseline de laine.]

A sort of coarse or light cotton cloth.

A kind of muslin used for the covers of books.

See Book muslin.

An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc. [Obs.]

cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin.

One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants;

o stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin.

Plain India muslin, of various qualities and widths.

A neckcloth; a piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck. While his wig was combed and his cravat tied. Macualay.

Made or patterned in lines crossing each other; as, crossbarred muslin.

in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure.

Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, figured muslin.

our foundation. Milton. Foundation course. See Base course, under Base, n. -- Foundation muslin, an open-worked gummed fabric used for stiffening dresses, bonnets, etc. -- Foundation school, in England, an endowed school. -- To be on a foundation, to be entitled to a support from the proceeds of an endowment, as a s…

See under Black. -- Hamburg , a kind of embroidered work done by machinery on cambric or muslin; -- used for trimming. -- Hamburg lake, a purplish crimson pigment resembling cochineal.

hygrometer consisting of a bent glass tube terminating in two bulbs, the one covered with muslin, the other of black glass, and containing ether and a thermometer. Ether being poured on the muslin, the black ball, cooled by the evaporation of the ether within, is soon covered with dew; at this moment, the inclosed ther…

That which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric.

A thin cotton fabric, between and muslin, used for dresses, neckcloths, etc. [Written also jacconet.]

A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress. Swift. Lappet moth (Zoöl.), one of several species of bombycid moths, which have stout, hairy caterpillars, flat beneath. Two common American species (Gastropacha Americana, and Tolype velleda) feed upon the apple tree.…

A muslin wrapper for the head and the lower part of the face, worn by Turkish and Armenian women when they go abroad.