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ˈbrilliantine
[a. F. brillantine, f. brillant.]
1. A cosmetic for imparting a gloss to the hair.
1884Harper's Mag. Oct. 706/1 The same devotion to starch and brilliantine.
2. A fine, shiny, textile fabric used for dress and lining material. Chiefly N. Amer. Obs. exc. Hist.
1873A. D. Whitney Other Girls iii. 15 The underskirt was the identical black brilliantine that had done service all the spring. 1895Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 6/2 Brocaded Mohair Brilliantines, rich and lustrous as silk. 1911Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 23 Apr. 24/2 (Advt.), 2000 yards White Brilliantine, in stripe, check and floral. Very special value, 10¢. 1948Amer. Fabrics V. 143/1 Brilliantine, cloth in which a birdseye pattern is woven into the material on the Jacquard loom. 1969N. W. Parsons Upon Sagebrush Harp xiii. 68 A dress length of new copen blue brilliantine. |