Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any one of various silk fabrics made of carded and spun silk, the silk used for this purpose being obtained from the thin, fuzzy beginnings and endings of cocoons in reeling.
- noun Yarn spun from waste silk, from which the gum has been removed by a process of maceration or fermentation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A silk yarn or fabric made out of carded spun silk.
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- verb transitive To use a
process offermentation to removesericin fromsilk .
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Examples
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In that cytee there is a temple made round, aftre the schappe of the temple of Jerusalem.
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And alle be it that it have no watre, zit men fynden there in and on the bankes, fulle gode fissche of other maner of kynde and schappe, thanne men fynden in ony other see; and thei ben of right goode tast, and delycious to mannes mete.
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In that cytee there is a temple made round, aftre the schappe of the temple of Jerusalem.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And alle be it that it have no watre, zit men fynden there in and on the bankes, fulle gode fissche of other maner of kynde and schappe, thanne men fynden in ony other see; and thei ben of right goode tast, and delycious to mannes mete.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The purely modern phrase "look sharp" was supposed to have been used in the time of Chaucer, because "loke schappe" (see that you form, etc.) of the manuscript was printed "loke scharpe."
Literary Blunders; A chapter in the "History of Human Error" 1893
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The purely modern phrase ` ` look sharp '' was supposed to have been used in the time of Chaucer, because ` ` loke schappe '' (see that you form, etc.) of the manuscript was printed ` ` loke scharpe. ''
Literary Blunders Henry Benjamin Wheatley 1877
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In that cytee there is a temple made round, aftre the schappe of the temple of Jerusalem.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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