·- ·see Book muslin.
·noun A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
, or dimity. The flying kites of a ship. "Give her the muslin," or "Spare not the dimity," frequen...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- A kind of muslin used for the covers of books. II. Book muslin ·- A kind of thin white muslin fo...