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Definition of Tussahs
1. tussah [n] - See also: tussah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tussahs
Literary usage of Tussahs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Manufacturing Industries by George Phillips Bevan (1876)
"The silks now generally recognized as tussahs, and already mentioned as produced
principally in China and India, are a description of wild silk, ..."
2. A Textbook on Retail Selling by Helen Rich Norton (1919)
"... Jacquard and plain Canton silks, printed Canton silks, silk dots, Paisley
silks, sport stripes, printed tussahs. Every color of the fashion rainbow. ..."
3. Journal of the American Asiatic Association by American Asiatic Association (1915)
"... Steam Filatures 11000 16800 White Silk 6000 19000 Yellow Silk 10000 14000
tussahs 6000 14500 TEA. The market closed very early for tea ; hence this was ..."
4. Silk Throwing and Waste Silk Spinning by Hollins Rayner (1903)
"great elevation, produces one of the best Indian tussahs. Doubtless the difference
in texture between the Indian and China tussah, the product of the ..."
5. The Silk Industry of the World at the Opening of the Twentieth Century by Frankin S. Allen (1904)
"... from-the silk chart of Messrs. Chab- rieres, Morel & Co., of Lyons, France.
It indicates a total production of raw silk (including tussahs) of ..."
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