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taffeta


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Taffeta  \Taf"fe*ta\,  Taffety  \Taf"fe*ty\,  n.  [F.  taffetas,  It 
  taffet[`a],  from  Per.  t[=a]ftah,  originally,  twisted,  woven, 
  from  t[=a]ftan  to  twist,  to  spin.] 
  A  fine,  smooth  stuff  of  silk,  having  usually  the  wavy  luster 
  called  watering.  The  term  has  also  been  applied  to  different 
  kinds  of  silk  goods,  from  the  16th  century  to  modern  times. 
 
  Lined  with  taffeta  and  with  sendal.  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  taffeta 
  n  :  a  crisp  smooth  lustrous  fabric 




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