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Definition of Silks
1. Noun. The brightly colored garments of a jockey; emblematic of the stable.
Definition of Silks
1. Noun. (plural of silk) ¹
2. Noun. (context: circus arts in the plural) A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Silks
1. silk [v] - See also: silk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silks
Literary usage of Silks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Art in Industry by Charles Russell Richards (1922)
"WOVEN PATTERN silks silks, in which the element of woven NATURE OF DESIGNS pattern
is the distinctive feature, USED IN may be classified for the purposes of ..."
2. Art in Industry: Being the Report of an Industrial Art Survey Conducted by Charles Russell Richards, University of the State of New York (1922)
"Woven pattern silks represent a field in which the technical conditions of manufacture
... Such silks are used for both dress goods and upholstery fabrics. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"A workman now buys the silks consumed by his fa. mily during the year for three
pounds, for which he formerly paid four pounds ten shillings ; he therefore ..."
4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year (1852)
"Figured silks and moire antique. UK Casey and Phillips. ... An assortment of rich
figured silks. Fr. Chartron and Son. Organzine, for tulle, for ribbons, ..."
5. The Improved Housewife: Or, Book of Receipts; with Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster, A married lady (1847)
"To extract Stains from Colored silks and White Cotton Goods. Salts of ammonia,
mixed with lime, will remove wine stains from silk; clear ammonia, alcohol, ..."
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