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Definition of Muslins
1. muslin [n] - See also: muslin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muslins
Literary usage of Muslins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The most delicate muslins are made at Dacca, »hero webs hr.ve teen wovon of yarn
calculated to bo equal to 380* (that is, 380 hanks, each 840 yards in ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"It is worthy of note, that while the Swiss are unprotected, they can equal, and
sometimes surpass, the protected French in grey muslins and prints ; while ..."
3. The Industrial Resources, Etc., of the Southern and Western States by James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow (1852)
"The extreme of fineness to which yarns for muslins are now spun in Great Britain,
... No such yarn is or could be used in making muslins or for ..."
4. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1817)
"... flour when applied for the'purpose of stiffening muslins, ... or muslins;
because it Tenders the threads extremely pliable, and imparts to them the ..."
5. The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool, and Other Fibrous Substances by Clinton G. Gilroy (1845)
"Unrivalled excellence of India muslins—Testimony of the two Arabian travellers —Marco
Polo, and Odoardo Barbosa's accounts of the beautiful Cotton textures ..."
6. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"First }"^" among these are the far-famed muslins of Dacca, ... The finest muslins
are woven plain, but patterns of coloured silk are afterwards embroidered ..."
7. The history of progress in Great Britain by Robert Kemp Philp (1860)
"Above half a million pieces of muslins of different kinds, including shawls and
handkerchiefs, were computed to be annually made in Great Britain, ..."
8. Common Sense for Housemaids (1853)
"Take white soap, in proportion to the muslins you have to wash, shave it down,
and boil it with soft water till it dissolves. When cold, it should be as ..."
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