Definition of Flosses

1. Noun. (plural of floss) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of floss) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flosses

1. floss [v] - See also: floss

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flosses

flos-ferri
floscular
floscularian
floscularians
floscule
floscules
flosculous
flosequinan
flosh
floshes
floss
floss silk
flossed
flosser
flossers
flosses (current term)
flossie
flossier
flossies
flossiest
flossification
flossily
flossing
flossings
flosslike
flossy
flota
flotage
flotages
flotant

Literary usage of Flosses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Development of Embroidery in America by Candace Wheeler (1921)
"In the larger flowers, the sewing silk had been split into flosses, or perhaps the prepared flosses were used in the "tent stitch," which is now known as ..."

2. The Wild and Cultivated Cotton Plants of the World: A Revision of the Genus by George Watt (1907)
"... white and grey (ash) fuzz, 153, 157, 227, 231, 234, 235, 236 237, 238; woolly flosses, 97, 108, 112, 150, 152, 205, 211, 224, 227, 231, 232, 234, 237, ..."

3. Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace (1881)
"... and displays of jewelry, and subtleties of lace in veils and scarfs, and other subtleties not less exquisite in flosses of Indian silk. ..."

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