Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
filoselle .
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Examples
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The veins of the leaves in Illustration 88 are padded with embroidery cotton and worked over with filo-floss.
Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877
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French floss is smooth, and does well for laid work; for fine work bobbin floss, or what is called "church floss," is better; the slight twist in filo-floss is against it; very thick floss may be used for French knots.
Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877
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Veins padded with embroidery cotton and worked over with two threads of filo-floss, a green and a blue; the rest of the leaves worked in one shade of stout floss.
Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877
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