| slovo | definícia |
cambric
(encz) | cambric,batist n: Zdeněk Brož |
cambric
(gcide) | cambric \cam"bric\ (k[a^]m"br[i^]k), n. [OE. camerike, fr.
Cambrai (Flemish Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of
Flanders), where it was first made.]
1. A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.
[1913 Webster]
He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; .
. . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine,
hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; --
also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin.
[1913 Webster] |
cambric
(wn) | cambric
n 1: a finely woven white linen |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
cambric
(encz) | cambric,batist n: Zdeněk Brož |
cambric
(gcide) | cambric \cam"bric\ (k[a^]m"br[i^]k), n. [OE. camerike, fr.
Cambrai (Flemish Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of
Flanders), where it was first made.]
1. A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.
[1913 Webster]
He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; .
. . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine,
hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; --
also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin.
[1913 Webster] |
cambric muslin
(gcide) | cambric \cam"bric\ (k[a^]m"br[i^]k), n. [OE. camerike, fr.
Cambrai (Flemish Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of
Flanders), where it was first made.]
1. A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.
[1913 Webster]
He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; .
. . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine,
hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; --
also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin.
[1913 Webster] |
Cotton cambric
(gcide) | Cotton \Cot"ton\ (k[o^]t"t'n), n. [F. coton, Sp. algodon the
cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr.
Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. Acton, Hacqueton.]
1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting
of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds
of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber
sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two
thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
[1913 Webster]
2. The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
[1913 Webster]
3. Cloth made of cotton.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Cotton is used as an adjective before many nouns in a
sense which commonly needs no explanation; as, cotton
bagging; cotton cloth; cotton goods; cotton industry;
cotton mill; cotton spinning; cotton tick.
[1913 Webster]
Cotton cambric. See Cambric, n., 2.
Cotton flannel, the manufactures' name for a heavy cotton
fabric, twilled, and with a long plush nap. In England it
is called swan's-down cotton, or Canton flannel.
Cotton gin, a machine to separate the seeds from cotton,
invented by Eli Whitney.
Cotton grass (Bot.), a genus of plants (Eriphorum) of the
Sedge family, having delicate capillary bristles
surrounding the fruit (seedlike achenia), which elongate
at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton.
Cotton mouse (Zool.), a field mouse ({Hesperomys
gossypinus}), injurious to cotton crops.
Cotton plant (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gossypium, of
several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing
the cotton of commerce. The common species, originally
Asiatic, is Gossypium herbaceum.
Cotton press, a building and machinery in which cotton
bales are compressed into smaller bulk for shipment; a
press for baling cotton.
Cotton rose (Bot.), a genus of composite herbs (Filago),
covered with a white substance resembling cotton.
Cotton scale (Zool.), a species of bark louse ({Pulvinaria
innumerabilis}), which does great damage to the cotton
plant.
Cotton shrub. Same as Cotton plant.
Cotton stainer (Zool.), a species of hemipterous insect
(Dysdercus suturellus), which seriously damages growing
cotton by staining it; -- called also redbug.
Cotton thistle (Bot.), the Scotch thistle. See under
Thistle.
Cotton velvet, velvet in which the warp and woof are both
of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made
wholly of cotton.
Cotton waste, the refuse of cotton mills.
Cotton wool, cotton in its raw or woolly state.
Cotton worm (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect ({Aletia
argillacea}), which in the larval state does great damage
to the cotton plant by eating the leaves. It also feeds on
corn, etc., and hence is often called corn worm, and
Southern army worm.
[1913 Webster]cambric \cam"bric\ (k[a^]m"br[i^]k), n. [OE. camerike, fr.
Cambrai (Flemish Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of
Flanders), where it was first made.]
1. A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.
[1913 Webster]
He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; .
. . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine,
hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; --
also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin.
[1913 Webster] |
cotton cambric
(gcide) | Cotton \Cot"ton\ (k[o^]t"t'n), n. [F. coton, Sp. algodon the
cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr.
Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. Acton, Hacqueton.]
1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting
of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds
of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber
sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two
thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
[1913 Webster]
2. The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
[1913 Webster]
3. Cloth made of cotton.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Cotton is used as an adjective before many nouns in a
sense which commonly needs no explanation; as, cotton
bagging; cotton cloth; cotton goods; cotton industry;
cotton mill; cotton spinning; cotton tick.
[1913 Webster]
Cotton cambric. See Cambric, n., 2.
Cotton flannel, the manufactures' name for a heavy cotton
fabric, twilled, and with a long plush nap. In England it
is called swan's-down cotton, or Canton flannel.
Cotton gin, a machine to separate the seeds from cotton,
invented by Eli Whitney.
Cotton grass (Bot.), a genus of plants (Eriphorum) of the
Sedge family, having delicate capillary bristles
surrounding the fruit (seedlike achenia), which elongate
at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton.
Cotton mouse (Zool.), a field mouse ({Hesperomys
gossypinus}), injurious to cotton crops.
Cotton plant (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gossypium, of
several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing
the cotton of commerce. The common species, originally
Asiatic, is Gossypium herbaceum.
Cotton press, a building and machinery in which cotton
bales are compressed into smaller bulk for shipment; a
press for baling cotton.
Cotton rose (Bot.), a genus of composite herbs (Filago),
covered with a white substance resembling cotton.
Cotton scale (Zool.), a species of bark louse ({Pulvinaria
innumerabilis}), which does great damage to the cotton
plant.
Cotton shrub. Same as Cotton plant.
Cotton stainer (Zool.), a species of hemipterous insect
(Dysdercus suturellus), which seriously damages growing
cotton by staining it; -- called also redbug.
Cotton thistle (Bot.), the Scotch thistle. See under
Thistle.
Cotton velvet, velvet in which the warp and woof are both
of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made
wholly of cotton.
Cotton waste, the refuse of cotton mills.
Cotton wool, cotton in its raw or woolly state.
Cotton worm (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect ({Aletia
argillacea}), which in the larval state does great damage
to the cotton plant by eating the leaves. It also feeds on
corn, etc., and hence is often called corn worm, and
Southern army worm.
[1913 Webster]cambric \cam"bric\ (k[a^]m"br[i^]k), n. [OE. camerike, fr.
Cambrai (Flemish Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of
Flanders), where it was first made.]
1. A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.
[1913 Webster]
He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; .
. . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine,
hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; --
also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin.
[1913 Webster] |
Muslin cambric
(gcide) | Muslin \Mus"lin\, n. [F. mousseline; cf. It. mussolino, mussolo,
Sp. muselina; all from Mussoul a city of Mesopotamia, Ar.
Mausil, Syr. Mauzol, Muzol, Mosul, where it was first
manufactured. Cf. Mull a kind of cloth.]
A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also
applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and
sheeting muslins. In sheeting, muslin is not as finely woven
as percale.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Muslin cambric. See Cambric.
Muslin delaine, a light woolen fabric for women's dresses.
See Delaine. [Written also mousseline de laine.]
[1913 Webster] |
Salmo Cambricus
(gcide) | Bluepoll \Blue"poll`\, n. [Blue + poll head.] (Zool.)
A kind of salmon (Salmo Cambricus) found in Wales.
[1913 Webster]Bull trout \Bull" trout`\ (Zool.)
(a) In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as
Salmo trutta and Salmo Cambricus, which ascend
rivers; -- called also sea trout.
(b) Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon; -- called
also Dolly Varden trout and red-spotted trout.
(c) The huso or salmon of the Danube.
[1913 Webster] |
cambric
(wn) | cambric
n 1: a finely woven white linen |
cambric tea
(wn) | cambric tea
n 1: a beverage for children containing hot water and milk and
sugar and a small amount of tea |
meconopsis cambrica
(wn) | Meconopsis cambrica
n 1: widely cultivated west European plant with showy pale
yellow flowers [syn: Welsh poppy, Meconopsis cambrica] |
|