raw silk
Americannoun
noun
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untreated silk fibres reeled from the cocoon
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fabric woven from such fibres
Etymology
Origin of raw silk
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50
Example Sentences
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Raw silk was valued at $396,286,000, a 21% gain.
From Time Magazine Archive
Raw silk, coffee, cane sugar were second, third, fourth.
From Time Magazine Archive
“There’s hundreds of traders passing through each day. Raw silk from Ceretos, gold and voulay drops from Antiok.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Raw silk consists of the true silk fibre known as fibroin and a gummy coating, sericin, which dulls the lustre of the silk unless removed.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.
Raw silk is an important product, and the mulberry-tree is extensively grown.
From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)
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