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See Floss silk, under Floss.
A silk cloth made from the cocoons of a caterpillar other than the common silkworm, much used in Bengal and China.
The silk fiber itself.
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superl.
Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine.
n.
Silkiness.
a.
Dressed in silk.
n.
A dyestuff of the induline group, made from aniline, and used as a substitute for indigo in dyeing wool and silk a violet-blue or a gray-blue color.
n.
That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize.
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The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa.
n.
Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.
n.
A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back.
n.
A dealer in silks; a silk mercer.
a.
Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language.
a.
Having the surface covered with a fine and dense silky pubescence; velvety; as, a velutinous leaf.
n.
A light cape or short cloak of silk or lace worn by women in summer.
a.
Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil.
n.
The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.
v. t.
To render silken or silklike.
pl.
of Silkman
superl.
Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster.
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