cambric
Collocations
4ADJ.
fine, kind, manufactured, white
CAMBRIC + NOUN
nation
PREP.
from
ADV.
largely
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noun
A finely woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton.
Could a Taff'ta ſcarf, a long Eſtridge vvhing, / A ſtiffe Iron Doublet, and a Brazeel Pole / Tempt thee from Cambrick ſheets, fine active Thighs, / From Caudles vvhere the precious Amber ſvvims?
Scotch cambric, now largely manufactured, is a kind of imitation cambric, made from fine hard-twisted cotton.
adj
Synonym of Cambrian
the Cambric nation
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4Could a Taff'ta ſcarf, a long Eſtridge vvhing, / A ſtiffe Iron Doublet, and a Brazeel Pole / Tempt thee from Cambrick ſheets, fine active Thighs, / From Caudles vvhere the precious Amber ſvvims?
WiktionaryScotch cambric, now largely manufactured, is a kind of imitation cambric, made from fine hard-twisted cotton.
WiktionaryHis upper tunic was of white cambric, as fine as a handkerchief, so that the bright red tunic beneath it showed through.
Wiktionarythe Cambric nation
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