† bombasien.
Obsolete.
1. Raw cotton, cotton-wool.
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bombace1553
bombazine1555
bombice1559
wood-wool1559
bombast1568
bombasie1576
cotton wool1589
cottona1625
cotton wools1638
1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health iii. f. 189v A feather or fine bombasie wette in the oyle.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xlvi. 719 Dip a little Cotton or Bombasie in the sayde milke, and lay it to your tooth.
2. = bombazine n. 2.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from mixed fibres > [noun] > wool and silk or wool and cotton
bombazine1572
bombasing1574
bombasiec1590
barathea1862
c1590 in R. Law Memorialls (1818) p. xxxiii (note) 3 elles of bombezie.
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