- (n.) Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.
- (n.) Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering.
- (n.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.
- (n.) A small stream of water.
- (n.) A body feather of an ostrich. Flosses are soft, and gray from the female and black from the male.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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