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Definition of Filasse
1. n. Vegetable fiber, as jute or ramie, prepared for manufacture.
Definition of Filasse
1. processed vegetable fibre [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Filasse
Literary usage of Filasse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New French and English Dictionary in Two Parts by William Cobbett (1833)
"DIS'TAFF, i. quenouille,/, petit bâton entouré de filasse, &c. To fall to the
distaff, tomber en quenouille, passer à la possession des femmes. ..."
2. A Practical View of the Steam Engine: Illustrated by Engravings of the by John Milne (1830)
"La filasse s'use bientôt par le frottement sur la surface intérieure du cylindre,
c'est pourquoi on est souvent obligé de la remplacer. ..."
3. Hand-book of Indian Agriculture by Nitya Gopal Mukerji (1901)
"In the English .market the value of this filasse is about £40 per ton, ...
An estimate of cost of producing i ton of filasse is given below :— Rs. Cost of ..."
4. All about Aloe and Ramie Fibres: Dye and Tanning Stuffs; Drugs, &c by Alastair Mackenzie Ferguson (1890)
"The conversion of ribbons into filasse is a subject believed to be more easily
... Some machines, it is true, have attempted to produce filasse by a single ..."
5. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"filasse, sf hemp, flax (prepared for «pinning), tow. filasse de montagne ...
Cette viande est bien mauvaise, ce n'est que de la filasse, this meat i« very ..."
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