byssineadj.

/ˈbɪsɪn/

Forms: In Middle English bissyn, bijcen.

Etymology: < Latin byssinus, < Greek βύσσινος made of byssus.

1. Made of byssus or fine linen.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > flax, hemp, or jute > [adjective] > made of > fine flax

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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Byssine, silken, or which is made of fine flax or cloth.

1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. i. v. 14 That delicate Down..which sticks to a certain kind of Shell-fish..whence are made a sort of Garments called Byssine.

1851 C. Kingsley Agricultural Crisis in Misc. (1860) II. 173 The East sent to Rome 2000 years ago its ‘byssine garments’.

1868 E. H. Plumptre tr. Æschylus Persians in tr. Æschylus Trag. II. 11 Woe! woe! when all the crowd of women speak This utterance of great grief, And byssine robes are rent in agony.

2. quasi-n. [ < Latin byssinum.] = byss n.¹

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > fine

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1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Rev. xix. 8 And it is ȝouun to hir, that she couere hir with whijte bijce [a1425 bissyn] shijnynge; for~sothe bijcen [a1425 bissyn, L. byssinum] ben the iustifiynges of seyntis.

1821 J. G. Lockhart Valerius II. iii. 106 Perhaps a yellow byssine would suit me better.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	byssine
释义	byssineadj. /ˈbɪsɪn/ Forms: In Middle English bissyn, bijcen. Etymology: < Latin byssinus, < Greek βύσσινος made of byssus. 1. Made of byssus or fine linen. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > flax, hemp, or jute > [adjective] > made of > fine flax byssine1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Byssine, silken, or which is made of fine flax or cloth. 1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. i. v. 14 That delicate Down..which sticks to a certain kind of Shell-fish..whence are made a sort of Garments called Byssine. 1851 C. Kingsley Agricultural Crisis in Misc. (1860) II. 173 The East sent to Rome 2000 years ago its ‘byssine garments’. 1868 E. H. Plumptre tr. Æschylus Persians in tr. Æschylus Trag. II. 11 Woe! woe! when all the crowd of women speak This utterance of great grief, And byssine robes are rent in agony. 2. quasi-n. [ < Latin byssinum.] = byss n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > fine byssc1330 byssine1382 byssusa1398 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Rev. xix. 8 And it is ȝouun to hir, that she couere hir with whijte bijce [a1425 bissyn] shijnynge; for~sothe bijcen [a1425 bissyn, L. byssinum] ben the iustifiynges of seyntis. 1821 J. G. Lockhart Valerius II. iii. 106 Perhaps a yellow byssine would suit me better. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1382
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