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muslin|ˈmʌzlɪn|
Forms: 7 muslina, muscelin, muzlin, 7–8 musling, 8 musselin, musslin, mussolin, 8– muslin.
[a. F. mousseline, ad. It. mussolina, -ino (whence the obs. Eng. forms muslina, mussolin), f. Mussolo (also used as appellative = muslin) the town of Mosul (in Arabic mauçil), where muslin was formerly made. Cf. Sp. muselina, G. musselin, from Fr. or It.
In the 13th c. the OF. mosulin was applied to ‘cloth of silk and gold’ made at Mosul (Marco Polo).]
1. The general name for the most delicately woven cotton fabrics, including many varieties, used for ladies' dresses, curtains, hangings, etc. Also occas. a dress made of this; pl. muslin skirts.
1609W. Biddulph in T. Lavender Trav. 43 A little towne called Muscla, from whence the inhabitants..bring a kinde of linnen cloath called Muslina to Aleppo. 1682True Protest. Mercury No. 110. 2/2 One Lac'd Cravat of Muzlin. 1706Lond. Gaz. No. 4269/4, 7 Pieces of strip'd Muslings, and one Piece of plain. c1794Search after Perfection ii. iv. in New Brit. Theatre (1814) III. 54 O mercy on us, if they have not cut to pieces my mistress's new gold muslin. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair ii, She insisted upon Rebecca accepting..a sweet sprigged muslin, which was too small for her now. 1849Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. (1850) II. 332 Embroidered muslin, of the finest and costliest kind, is much worn. 1860Sala Badd. Peerage I. xv 268 The niece of Manuel Harispe disdained to answer, but with an indignant flutter of her muslins, brushed past her uncle and out of the room. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. iv. 53 Inside the tapestry there was a screen of soft muslin.
b. ‘In some parts of the United States, cotton cloth used for shirts, other articles of wearing apparel, bedding, etc.’ (Cent. Dict. 1890).
1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 71 A story is told of a gentleman in Philadelphia, who ordered muslin shirts in Boston, and although reminded of the unsuitableness of that material..insisted upon his order, as he had always worn muslin, meaning cotton-shirting.
c. muslin-de-laine = mousseline-de-laine: see mousseline 1 b.
1862Muslin-de-laines [see delaine α].
2. slang. The fair sex. a bit of muslin, a woman or girl.
1823Moncrieff Tom & Jerry i. i, You've got a bit of muslin on the sly, have you? 1850Thackeray Pendennis li. [l.], That was a pretty bit of muslin hanging on your arm—who was she? 1884H. Smart From Post to Finish xvii. (1885) 128 Keep clear of muslin for the next six or seven years. It's brought as many of your profession to grief as spirits.
3. Naut. slang. ‘Canvas’, sails collectively.
1822Blackw. Mag. XI. 429 She shewed as little muslin as the weather required. 1894Outing (U.S.) XXIV. 295/2 When we got that fair wind we piled the muslin on her.
4. = muslin-moth (in 5 b).
1819G. Samouelle Entomol. Compend. 248 Arctia mendica (muslin). 1869E. Newman Brit. Moths 27 The Round-winged Muslin (Nudaria Senex). Ibid., The Muslin Nudaria mundana.
5. attrib. and Comb.
a. simple attrib. or adj. Made or consisting of muslin.
1684A. Symson Geogr. Collect. (S.H.S.) II. 87 It is an excellent place for whitening or bleeching of Linnen, holland and Muzlin Webbs. 1704Lond. Gaz. No. 3981/4 A fine new Flourish'd Muslin Apron. 1721Amherst Terræ Fil. No. 46 (1754) 247 With..long muslin neckcloths run with red at the bottom. 1880‘Ouida’ Moths I. 33 She rose, shook her muslin breakfast-wrapper about her impatiently.
b. Special combinations: as † muslin calico, ? = sense 1; muslin glass = mousseline 2; muslin grounds (see quot.); muslin kail Sc. [? named in allusion to its thinness], broth composed simply of water, shelled barley, and greens (Jam.); muslin moth, a name given to certain moths with semi-transparent wings; muslin wheel (see quot. 1830).
1705Lond. Gaz. No. 4146/4 *Muslin Callicoes 131 Pieces.
1884Knight Dict. Mech., Suppl., *Muslin glass... Glass blown very thin.
1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework, *Muslin Grounds..is a description of Gingham.
1785Burns To Jas. Smith xxiv, I'll sit down o'er my scanty meal, Be't water-brose, or *muslin-kail, Wi' cheerfu' face.
1869E. Newman Brit. Moths 34 The *Muslin Moth (Arctia mendica). 1903W. F. Kirby Europ. Butterflies & M. Plate xxv, Spilosoma Mendica —Spotted Muslin Moth.
1830J. Kennedy Misc. Pap. Manuf. Lanc. (1849) 56 Crompton's machine was called the..*Muslin Wheel, because its capabilities rendered it available for yarn for making muslins. |