thrown silk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of thrown silk
First recorded in 1680–90
Example Sentences
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The most distinctive natural product of Italy is silk, and the amount of raw and thrown silk exported is about $57,500,000 annually.
From Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) by Eaton, Seymour
A thriving trade was thus established, and England relieved from all dependence on other countries for "thrown" silk.
From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by Fyfe, J. Hamilton
Although the silk manufacture, as we have seen, was introduced into this country by the Huguenot artizans, the price of thrown silk was so great that it interfered very considerably with its progress.
From Men of Invention and Industry by Smiles, Samuel
The other variety of thrown silk is called organzine.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 583, December 29, 1832 by Various
Mr. Warren also exhibited samples of native and foreign cocoons, and of raw and thrown silk, together with the common Cecropia and Bombyx Cynthia, species of silkworms which feed upon oak leaves.
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