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41 Chique Silk
An inferior French raw silk, used for making sewing thread. -
42 Classical Silk
The second best grade of raw silk. -
43 Dimakso Silk
Arabian term for raw silk. -
44 Docken Silk
A term given to raw silk reeled in hanks. -
45 Doupion Silk
When two cocoons are united owing to two worms spinning close together they are termed " doupions " and the same term is given to the raw silk reeled from them. Usually the cocoons are reeled alternately, and where the filaments overlap and come forward together there is very uneven thread formed. This produces a yarn so irregular that it is only used for coarse counts and cheap fabrics. -
46 Finastre Silk
A very inferior raw silk from Persia and Asia Minor. -
47 Gilan Silk
A grade of Persian raw silk. -
48 Hangchow Silk
A class of China raw silk used for sewing thread. -
49 Kahing Silk
A raw silk from China. -
50 Knitting Silk
Thick strong twist, made by twisting together two or three untwisted raw silk threads to the left, and then combining two or three of the composite threads with a right-hand twist. The yarn has a soft handle. -
51 Mezzetta Silk
Raw silk from Sicily. -
52 Mienchow Silk
A medium grade of raw silk in Sechwan, China. -
53 Minchew Silk
A variety of Chinese raw silk. -
54 Modica Silk
Raw silk from Sicily. -
55 Paoningknopan Silk
The trade term in Sechwan, China, for the finest grade of native raw silk.Dictionary of the English textile terms > Paoningknopan Silk
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56 Poh Silk
The native Burmese term for raw silk obtained from the Attacus Ricine. -
57 Raypour Silk
Raw silk from India. -
58 Ril Silk
The trade term in Punjab, India, for raw silk imported through Bombay from China. -
59 Sangchiensu Silk
Coarse and stiff raw silk, produced in Chefoo, China, by the wild silkworm feeding on mulberry leaves, and used mostly for fishing nets, now obsolete. -
60 Seydavi Silk
Raw silk from the Levant.
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Raw silk — Silk Silk, n. [OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to Icel. silki, SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an Oriental source; cf. Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk , and also L. sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf. {Sericeous}. {Serge} a woolen stuff … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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raw silk — raw′ silk′ n. tex reeled silk with its sericin intact • Etymology: 1300–50 … From formal English to slang
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raw silk — /rɔ ˈsɪlk/ (say raw silk) noun 1. silk as reeled from the cocoons. 2. material woven from this silk …
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raw silk — reeled silk that has not had the sericin removed. [1300 50; ME] * * * … Universalium
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Silk — Silk, n. [OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to Icel. silki, SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an Oriental source; cf. Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk , and also L. sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf. {Sericeous}. {Serge} a woolen stuff.] 1 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English