"Necktie" is a word in ENGLISH
A scarf, band, or kerchief of silk, etc., passing around
the neck or collar and tied in front; a bow of silk, etc., fastened in
front of the neck.
still other winters average their rain months into a long, cold season of relentless sog and little color. At such times, looking out through the spattered glass, I feel, deep in some spongy, unignorable organ, that we will have floods, and damage, and losses; we will have gray till the cows come home, and there will be no more cows--they'll all just rot, drown, or simply wash away. We will have rain until the very hills dissolve. And when the dirty cotton swaddling of fog finally falls away, we will all be desperate for vital signs.
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A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode.
Read the complete definitionA gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted.
Read the complete definitionbás-ing - A small measure or quantity (of silk, damask thread, etc.). Isá ka básing nga sóklà. A skein of …
Read the complete definitionA narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc.
Read the complete definitionSilk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other …
Read the complete definitionTo press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, …
Read the complete definitionA soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet …
Read the complete definitionA knot of silk or ribbon attached to a fan, walking stick, etc.
Read the complete definitionDoubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc.
Read the complete definitionTo decorate in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed to Damascus; particularly: (a) with flowers and rich designs, as …
Read the complete definitionA commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., -- in distinction from groceries.
Read the complete definitionAn instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about …
Read the complete definitionA quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight.
Read the complete definitionA narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running …
Read the complete definitionA dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc.
Read the complete definitionháblon - Anything to be woven, as yarn, thread, silk, cloth, etc. (cf. habúl—to weave).
Read the complete definitionA comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.
Read the complete definitionhúsi - (Sp. jusi) Jusi, a light transparent fabric, delicate cloth made of maguey, silk, piña, etc.
Read the complete definitionA plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc.
Read the complete definitionkantonís - Cantonese, pertaining to—, made in—, from—Canton in China, applied to a variety of textiles, silk-fabrics, poultry, etc., coming …
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