Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Unspun silk, such as floss or filoselle.
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Examples
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No! why art thou then exasperate, thou idle immaterial skein of sleave-silk, thou green sarcenet flap for a sore eye, thou tassel of a prodigal's purse, thou?
Troilus and Cressida 1601
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No! why art thou then exasperate, thou idle immaterial skein of sleave-silk, thou green sarcenet flap for a sore eye, thou tassel of a prodigal’s purse, thou?
Troilus and Cressida 2004
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