Muslin
['mʌzlɪn]
Definition
(n.) A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting muslins.
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Definition
n. a fine soft cotton fabric resembling gauze in appearance but woven plain without any looping of the warp threads on the weft—generally uncoloured: a coarser fabric than Indian muslin printed with coloured patterns &c.: (U.S.) cotton cloth for shirts bedding &c.: a collector's name for several different moths.—adj. made of muslin.—adj. Mus′lined clothed with muslin.—ns. Mus′linet a coarse kind of muslin; Mus′lin-kale (Scot.) thin broth made without meat.
Typist: Rosa
Examples
- The above is sufficient for two pads, which should be made into an oblong or diamond shape, with linen or muslin, and worn over the pit of the stomach. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Lucy was a very neat, lady-like little creature, who used to wear very fine muslin gowns, ornamented with her own beautiful embroidery. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I always feel that to live up to them would include wearing book-muslin with gigot sleeves. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- A breeze had sprung up, swaying inward the muslin curtains, and bringing a fresh scent of mignonette and petunias from the flower-box on the balcony. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The rails were insulated from the ties by giving them two coats of japan, baking them in the oven, and then placing them on pads of tar-impregnated muslin laid on the ties. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A piece of muslin or woolen cloth should be next the bottom to prevent burning the chicks. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I don't want Frederick to trample a hole in my muslin frock, as Captain Dobbin did in yours at Mrs. Perkins'. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And Caroline, sitting near her mother, rearranged her muslin handkerchief and resmoothed her hair. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- All my attention was concentrated on the white gleam of Miss Fairlie's muslin dress. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And you can work on muslin and canvas? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Oh, it is only muslin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It will look nice over my new muslin skirt, and the sash will set it off beautifully. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- This was left on the meat for eighteen hours, and then filtered off through muslin. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- If unbleached muslin is used, the moist strip loses its natural yellowish hue and becomes a clear, pure white. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Following the white muslin pianistes, came a fine, full-grown, sulky lady in white satin. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I keep my muslins in that drawer. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Go in and attend to your muslins. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I wish some of your northern servants could look at her closets of dresses,--silks and muslins, and one real linen cambric, she has hanging there. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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