A kind of woollen cloth. Obsolete.

A broad, heavy baize cloth, typically white, having its warp thread spun on a distaff as opposed to a spinning wheel.

= handywarp, n.

(un-, prefix1 affix 6c. Cf. unwatered, adj. 1b.)

pl. ‘The ornamental tags, etc., appended to the ribbons by which the hose were secured to the doublet’ (Fairholt). Obs.

(a) (also in form angel's skin) a variety of precious coral which has a pale pinkish-white colour and is used in jewellery (more fully angel skin…

A proprietary name for: a strong lightweight filamentous material made from bioengineered silk proteins (see quot. 2008).