Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarsnets
Literary usage of Sarsnets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanics Magazine (1825)
"Plain sarsnets are very liable to cockle, or run into ridges, when the 'warp is
uneven. This may be prevented by inserting a glazed pasteboard in every ..."
2. A Statistical Account of the British Empire: Exhibiting Its Extent, Physical by John Ramsay McCulloch (1837)
"... but a large amount is manufactured at Congleton, Macclesfield, Leek, Derby,
Spitalfields, and other places, consisting of black sarsnets, ..."
3. La Belle assemblée: or, Bell's court and fashionable magazine by William John Mahon (1812)
"Velvets, satins, and sarsnets, are must worn of an evening; but fine India muslins
of almost a cobweb texture, are often seen on a great number of ladies, ..."
4. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1825)
"... it has been applied have been gros de Naples, Florentines, and double-twilled
sarsnets. Plain sarsnets are very liable to cockle, or run into ridges, ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1822)
"... all so blank, ,"*,;'" With sarsnets stained, with stockings splashed, With
muslins prematurely washed, ,ty;'/; Enraged, resigned, in tears, or frowning, ..."
6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1826)
"Now, why was not the manufacturer of handkerchiefs, brocades, or ribbons, placed
on an equality with the manufacturer of sarsnets ? ..."
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