oiled silk
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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With fine oiled silk suture on arterial needles, the incision is closed, and the clamps are removed.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rigid frame held a skin of oiled silk in place to contain the hydrogen, and although this was tough enough to withstand minor scratches, a hundredweight of blazing rock was too much for it.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
The oiled silk will prevent the wet from oozing through.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza
The balloon was a bag of oiled silk open at the bottom.
From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth
In that secure receptacle lay a series of packages done up with careful precision in wrappings of oiled silk.
From The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
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