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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
blubber, breeze, butter, clay, cushion, dough, down, eiderdown, feather bed, feathers, fleece, flue, fluff, foam, fur, fuzz, kapok, lint, pile, pillow, plush, pudding, puff, putty, rubber, satin, silk, swansdown, thistledown, velvet, wax, wool, zephyr
Dictionary Results for floss:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
floss
    n 1: a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery
    2: a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth [syn:
       dental floss, floss]
    v 1: use dental floss to clean; "floss your teeth after every
         meal"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Floss \Floss\ (?; 195), n. [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L.
   fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See Flux, n.]
   1. (Bot.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of
      maize; also called silk.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering.
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   3. A body feather of an ostrich. Flosses are soft, and gray
      from the female and black from the male.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   Floss silk, silk that has been twisted, and which retains
      its loose and downy character. It is much used in
      embroidery. Called also floxed silk.

   Floss thread, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used
      for embroidery; -- called also linen floss, and floss
      yarn. --McElrath.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Floss \Floss\, n. [Cf. G. floss a float.]
   1. A small stream of water. [Eng.]
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   2. Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace,
      produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which
      are present.
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   Floss hole.
      (a) A hole at the back of a puddling furnace, at which the
          slags pass out.
      (b) The tap hole of a melting furnace. --Knight.
          [1913 Webster]

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