- (n.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.
- (n.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.
- (n.) A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen or silk.
- (n.) Asbestus.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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