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Webster 1913 Edition


Bombazine

Bomˊba-zine′

,
Noun.
[F.
bombasin
, LL.
bombacinium
,
bambacinium
, L.
bombycinus
silken,
bombycinum
a silk or cotton texture, fr.
bombyx
silk, silkworm, Gr.
[GREEK]
. Cf.
Bombast
,
Bombycinous
.]
A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments.
[Sometimes spelt
bombasin
, and
bombasine
.]
Tomlinson.