Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Ferret or floss-silk; grogram yarn of thread.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of silk thread less glossy than floss, and spun from coarser material. It is much used in embroidery instead of floss.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A soft
silk embroidery thread
Etymologies
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Examples
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Floss silk is generally used for other stitches because it covers the thread of the canvas better than purse silk; it is, however, often replaced by filoselle, which is a much cheaper material.
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-- Six skeins of bright scarlet Berlin wool; 5 shades of green ditto, 6 skeins each; 12 skeins of black, and 4 of gray; 4 skeins of white, and 4 of gray floss silk, or filoselle.
The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. Unknown
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The broad band is worked in rows of double filoselle, of various shades, sewn down with single filoselle.
Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877
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A double course of couching forms the outline in Illustration 92, one of filoselle and one of cord, separately sewn; but the tendrils, which are of silver thread, are sewn down both threads at a time with double stitches, very obvious in the illustration.
Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877
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Couched cord or filoselle is useful in covering the raw edge of the onlay, not so much masking the joints as making them sightly.
Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877
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All this applied to velvet with a couching of brown filoselle, and the tendrils added.
Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877
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-- For washing laces, Cordonnet 6 fils D. M.C is the best; for furniture fringes, the lower numbers of Coton à tricoter D. M.C, and for producing the appearance of filoselle, the lower numbers of Coton à repriser D. M.C are to be taken.
Encyclopedia of Needlework Th��r��se de Dillmont 1868
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Couching outlines are usually thick strands of double crewel, tapestry wool, filoselle, cord, or narrow ribbon laid down and stitched at regular intervals by threads crossing the couching line at right angles.
Handbook of Embroidery L. Higgin 1852
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It is much cheaper than embroidery silk or filoselle.
Handbook of Embroidery L. Higgin 1852
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To be worked in outline and solid embroidery, in silk or filoselle, on satin de chine.
Handbook of Embroidery L. Higgin 1852
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