byssi — bys·si (bĭsʹī ) n. A plural of byssus. * * * … Universalium
BYSSUS — lini species pretiosissima, e qua vestes mollissimae ac renuissimae conficiebautur. Unde dictum Parysatidis Reginae Persarum, in Regum alloquio utendum esse verbis Βυςςίνοις, i. e. mollissimis, ac lenissimis. Eius meminit Theocritus Idyllio 2.… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
LANUGO — per blanditias, a grandibus natu tractata. Suet. Claud. Ner. c. 34. Quam, (matris suae amitam) cum visitaret: et illa tractans lanuginem eius, ut assolet iam grandis natu (ubi etiam legi potest, iam grandibus natu) per blanditias forte dixisset,… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
byss — Byssus Bys sus, n.; pl. E. {Byssuses}; L. {Byssi}.[L. byssus fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. by ssos .] [1913 Webster] 1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
byssin — Byssus Bys sus, n.; pl. E. {Byssuses}; L. {Byssi}.[L. byssus fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. by ssos .] [1913 Webster] 1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Byssus — Bys sus, n.; pl. E. {Byssuses}; L. {Byssi}.[L. byssus fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. by ssos .] [1913 Webster] 1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk. [Written… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Byssuses — Byssus Bys sus, n.; pl. E. {Byssuses}; L. {Byssi}.[L. byssus fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. by ssos .] [1913 Webster] 1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mytilus — Byssus Bys sus, n.; pl. E. {Byssuses}; L. {Byssi}.[L. byssus fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. by ssos .] [1913 Webster] 1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pinna — Byssus Bys sus, n.; pl. E. {Byssuses}; L. {Byssi}.[L. byssus fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. by ssos .] [1913 Webster] 1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
byssus — noun (plural byssuses or byssi) Etymology: Middle English bissus, from Latin byssus, from Greek byssos flax, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew būṣ linen cloth Date: 14th century 1. a fine probably linen cloth of ancient times 2. [ … New Collegiate Dictionary
