- purse silk
- noun
: a smooth tightly twisted silk thread used especially for embroidery or knitting
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
purse silk
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silk — [ sılk ] noun ** 1. ) uncount thin smooth cloth made from the fibers produced by an insect called a silkworm: an elegant shirt made of pure Chinese silk a ) only before noun made of silk: an expensive Italian silk suit b ) uncount the THREAD used … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
silk — [sılk] n [: Old English; Origin: seolc] 1.) [U] a thin smooth soft cloth made from very thin thread which is produced by a silkworm ▪ pure silk stockings ▪ a beautiful dress in raw silk 2.) BrE law a very important lawyer = ↑Queen s Counsel (QC)… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Silk Purse — Infobox Album | Name = Silk Purse Type = Album Artist = Linda Ronstadt Released = March 1970 Genre = Rock/Country Length = 28:26 Label = Capitol Producer = Elliot F. Mazer Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3.5|5… … Wikipedia
purse — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 (esp. BrE) for carrying money ADJECTIVE ▪ leather ▪ change (AmE) VERB + PURSE ▪ open ▪ snatch … Collocations dictionary
Purse (disambiguation) — A purse is a large or small handbag in American English, and a small money container similar to a wallet in British English.Purse may also refer to: * Samaritan s Purse, a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization * Purse seine, a type … Wikipedia
Silk — This article is about a natural fiber and the textile woven from it. For other uses, see Silk (disambiguation). Four of the most important domesticated silk worms, together with their adult moth forms, Meyers Konversations Lexikon (1885 1892)… … Wikipedia
silk */*/ — UK [sɪlk] / US noun Word forms silk : singular silk plural silks 1) [uncountable] thin smooth cloth made from the fibres produced by an insect called a silkworm an elegant shirt made of pure Chinese silk a) [only before noun] made of silk an… … English dictionary
silk — see you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear an ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet … Proverbs new dictionary
purse — see you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear … Proverbs new dictionary
you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear — 1518 A. BARCLAY Eclogues (EETS) v. 360 None can..make goodly silke of a gotes flece. 1579 S. GOSSON Ephemerides of Phialo 62v Seekinge..too make a silke purse of a Sowes eare, that when it shoulde close, will not come togeather. 1672 W. WALKER… … Proverbs new dictionary
