"Taffety" is a word in ENGLISH
A fine, smooth stuff of silk, having usually the wavy
luster called watering. The term has also been applied to different
kinds of silk goods, from the 16th century to modern times.
Sydney, don't leave Adrian because of me.""It's more complicated than that," I said automatically."It's really not," she said. "From everything I've seen and heard, you're just afraid. You've always controlled every detail of your life. When you couldn't-like with the Alchemists-you found a way to seize back that control.""There is nothing wrong with wanting control," I snapped."Except that we can't always have it, and sometimes that is a good thing. A great thing, even," she added. "And that's how it is with Adrian. No matter how hard you try, you aren't going to be able to control your feelings for him. You can't help loving him, and so you're running away. I'm just an excuse.
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A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode.
Read the complete definitionA thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton.
Read the complete definitionA very fine sort of Persian silk.
Read the complete definitionA thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical.
Read the complete definitionA material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery.
Read the complete definitionA bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to …
Read the complete definitionA spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this …
Read the complete definitionA species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or …
Read the complete definitionA large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in …
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 definitionThe richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, …
Read the complete definitionA hat, formerly made of the fur of the beaver, but now usually of silk.
Read the complete definitionA thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal.
Read the complete definitionbinúlung - (H) What has been spun, thread, yarn, silk, cotton, twist. (búlung).
Read the complete definitionA kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also blond lace.
Read the complete definitionA compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.
Read the complete definitionA twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much …
Read the complete definitionSilken; made of silk.
Read the complete definitionA kind of light stuff, of silk and wool.
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