ADJ.
best
VERB + MECHLIN
rise
MECHLIN + NOUN
duties, queen
PREP.
between, in
ADV.
charmingly
name
Dated form of Mechelen: a city in Belgium.
noun
A kind of lace made at, or originating in, Mechelen, having a bobbin ground and designs outlined by thread or flat cord.
And if disputes of empire rise between / Mechlin, the queen of lace, and Colberteen.
[…]“Only think, my dear, of my having got that frightful great rent in my best Mechlin so charmingly mended, before I left Bath, that one can hardly see where it was.
And if disputes of empire rise between / Mechlin, the queen of lace, and Colberteen.
Wiktionary[…]“Only think, my dear, of my having got that frightful great rent in my best Mechlin so charmingly mended, before I left Bath, that one can hardly see where it was.
WiktionaryPeople like the moth, / Of mechlin, frames, / Duties of gossamer, / And eider names.
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