Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Made of byssus; having a silky or flax-like appearance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
byssus , n., 1.
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Examples
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Then she made us the following speech in byssin words, such as Parisatis desired should be spoken to her son Cyrus, or at least of crimson alamode:
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Then she made us the following speech in byssin words, such as Parisatis desired should be spoken to her son Cyrus, or at least of crimson alamode:
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Then he donned gorgeous garments, shining with gold, glowing with the purple of the byssin.
Best Russian Short Stories Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 1818
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Then she made us the following speech in byssin words, such as Parisatis desired should be spoken to her son Cyrus, or at least of crimson alamode:
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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