Silk-stocking

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• Stocking

  ·vt To dress in GBs. II. Stocking ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Stock>>. III. Stocking ·noun A close-fittin...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Silk

  ·noun Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material. II. Silk ·noun That which ...

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• Silk

  Heb. demeshek, "damask," silk cloth manufactured at Damascus, Amos 3:12. A.V., "in the corner of a b...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Silk

  The only undoubted notice of silk in the Bible occurs in (Revelation 18:12) where it is mentioned am...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• blue stocking

  1) The American avoset (recurvirostra Americana). A common bird in the Northern States.--Nat. Hist. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• anchor-stocking

  is a mode of securing and working planks in general with tapered butts. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• purser's stocking

  A slop article, which stretched to any amount put into it. (See show a leg!.) ...

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• Crow-silk

  ·noun A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzi...

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• Floxed silk

  ·- ·see Floss silk, under <<Floss>>. ...

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• Tussah silk

  ·- The silk fiber itself. II. Tussah silk ·- A silk cloth made from the cocoons of a caterpillar ot...

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• Silk Street

  East out of White Cross Street at No.48, in Cripplegate Ward Without to Milton Street (P.O. Director...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Silk Throwers

  Incorporated 1630. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• silk snatchers

  Thieves who snatch hoods or bonnets from persons walking in the streets. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Buckingham, James Silk

  (1786-1855) Journalist and traveller, wrote many books of travel, both on the Old and New World. He...

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