Sentence example with the word 'tussore'

tussore

Definition n. oriental moth that produces brownish silk

Last update: August 18, 2015


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On this account the fibres of tussur or tussore silk tend to split up into fine fibrillae under the various preparatory processes in manufacturing, and its riband structure is the cause of the glassy lustre peculiar to the woven and finished fibres.   [Please select]

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"When you've quite finished that," she remarked presently, "there's a tussore frock of my own I want to consult you about."   [Please select]

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Gresley to change the crewel-work antimacassars, with their washed-out kittens swinging and playing leap-frog, for the best tussore-silk ones.   [Please select]

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She was drawing on her tan gloves now, and unfurling a parasol of tussore silk with a heavy lace fall.   [Please select]

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