单词 | brilliantine |
释义 | ˈbrilliantinen. 1. A cosmetic for imparting a gloss to the hair. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > preparations used on the hair > [noun] > to impart gloss brilliantine1884 1884 Harper'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. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > with glossy or shiny surface satiné1851 brilliantine1873 velvet-cloth1882 mirror1899 satin beauté1914 slipper satin1937 1873 A. D. Whitney Other Girls iii. 15 The underskirt was the identical black brilliantine that had done service all the spring. 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 6/2 Brocaded Mohair Brilliantines, rich and lustrous as silk. 1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 Apr. 24/2 (advt.) 2000 yards White Brilliantine, in stripe, check and floral. Very special value, 10¢. 1948 Amer. Fabrics V. 143/1 Brilliantine, cloth in which a birdseye pattern is woven into the material on the Jacquard loom. 1969 N. W. Parsons Upon Sagebrush Harp xiii. 68 A dress length of new copen blue brilliantine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1873 |
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