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He was playing in delicate variations, tranquil and enchanting, of effects in gold and silver, now gossamery thin, now thick and rich.

From Over the Pass by Palmer, Frederick

A vessel borne by magic gales, All rigg'd with gossamery sails, And bound for Fairy-land?

From The Isle of Palms and Other Poems by Wilson, John Lyde

But I must not anticipate—a beautiful veil of brown tissue, none of your woolleny, gruff fabrics, fit only for penance, but a silken, gossamery cloud, soft as a baby's cheek.

From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail

But I must not anticipate—a beautiful veil of brown tissue, none of your woolleny, gruff fabrics, fit only for penance, but a silken gossamery cloud, soft as a baby's check.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 by Various

Adj. structural, organic; anatomic, anatomical. textural, textile; fine grained, coarse grained; fine, delicate, subtile, gossamery, filmy, silky, satiny; coarse; homespun. rough, gritty; smooth. smooth as silk, smooth as satin.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark