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| 1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
cambric
n 1: a finely woven white linen
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| 2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
cambric \cam"bric\ (k[a^]m"br[i^]k), n. [OE. camerike, fr.
Cambrai (Flemish Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of
Flanders), where it was first made.]
1. A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.
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He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; .
. . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. --Shak.
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2. A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine,
hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; --
also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin.
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