(n.) The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larvae of Bombyx mori.
(n.) Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material.
(n.) That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize.
Example Sentences:
(1) To ascertain whether azo dyes are associated with risk of development of bladder tumors in workers who handpaint Yuzen-type silk kimonos in Kyoto, we investigated the disintegration of dyes to benzidine.
(2) Serial keratometry readings were obtained pre- and postoperative cataract extraction utilizing all silk closure.
(3) Here’s Marie-Josée Kravis, advisor to the New York Fed, accessorizing brilliantly with her snake-effect silk scarf off on a power walk with her billionaire financier husband Henry Kravis, head of predatory investment company KKR.
(4) The country’s other attractions include a burning pit at “the door to hell” in the Darvaza crater, and rarely seen stretches of the silk road, the region’s ancient trade route.
(5) The polylactic-polyglycolic acid suture is braided and dyed, and has handling characteristics similar to those of black silk.
(6) The radioallergosorbent inhibition test, however, suggested that there may be no cross-reactivity or, if any, only very low cross-reactivity between midge allergens and mite, house dust (HD), silk, shrimp, or mosquito allergens.
(7) But lest the duchess feel overlooked, the end section of the show featured long, pale-blue bias-cut crepe dresses with more of a charity gala feel; and knee-length silk crepe dresses with black grosgrain belts seemed princess friendly.
(8) A clinical survey in two silk filatures revealed that 36.2% of the persons engaged in the processing of natural silk were suffering from bronchial asthma, while 16.9% of the total subjects had asthma of occupational origin.
(9) It posted photos on its website of what it said was Thargyal's charred body covered in ceremonial yellow silk scarves and hundreds of people marching up a hill to a cremation site where his remains were burned.
(10) Silk Road is just one website; bitcoin is potentially the foundation for a whole new economic order.
(11) The presence of specific antibodies against extracts of silk has been shown by the direct RAST and confirmed by the indirect RAST.
(12) The skin stapler produced less inflammation and a better aesthetic result over time than the silk stitches.
(13) Transcription of the Bombyx mori fibroin gene in a posterior silk gland extract can be separated into three functional steps on the basis of sensitivity to Sarkosyl: 1) formation of an initiation complex, which is blocked by 0.025% Sarkosyl; 2) conversion of the initiation complex to an elongation complex, a step sensitive to 0.05% Sarkosyl; 3) the subsequent elongation of RNA chain which occurs in the presence of 0.05% Sarkosyl.
(14) High-waisted flared pleated silk trousers was the key shape, in colours Saint Laurent would have approved, such as like pumpkin orange, sea green and glowing fuchia.
(15) 37 Castle Street, Somerset, A5 1LN; 01278 732 266; janetphillips-weaving.co.uk East Assington Mill's rural skills courses range from cane-and-rush chair making to silk scarf dyeing– and some more unusual options, too.
(16) Thankfully, mazot guests can also use the lounge and dining room in the Chalet Les Mazots, a lovely wood-panelled home full of antique chairs, chests and cabinets, built by a family of silk manufacturers from Leon who chose the location for their farm for its south-facing views of Mont Blanc.
(17) The abdominal safety line, which is a size 1 silk passed through the eyes of the urethral splint (Foley catheter) and rolled up on gauze with some tension on the anterior abdominal wall has been used in three cases.
(18) Pretreatment which gave higher grafting onto silk did not always promote the bond strength to the dentin pretreated by the same pretreatments.
(19) Six monkeys had significant drops in alveolar bone mass 14 days after the the application of a silk ligature around the gingival margin of an adjacent tooth.
(20) Silk ligatures were tied around selected posterior teeth and replaced weekly for 4 weeks.
Tabard
Definition:
(n.) A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds.
Example Sentences:
(1) The other costumes on the top rail are a pink cowgirl outfit, a pink waitress costume, a pink and purple superhero costume and a "hair stylist" tabard, in pink with purple trim, complete with plastic comb, mirror, scissors and hairdryer.
(2) About five minutes after wiping the sweat from her brow and drop-kicking her placenta into a nearby wheelie bin, she stuck on a tabard and poached enough cleaning clients to buy all the bum cream her little heart desired.
(3) "It's like lions," he explained slowly, as Poppy and Jodie clung to one another's tabard in terror.
(4) "T his is Millie Snowflakes," chirps pensioner Sheila, gesturing to a squat figure in a waterproof tabard.
(5) A squadron of Scottish National party activists and councillors, easily identified by their fluorescent yellow tabards, clipboards and evangelical smiles, are chapping on doors in the east end of Glasgow.
(6) 2010 Described by French journalist Guillaume Tabard as the "revelation of the year".
(7) Perkins was dressed in a hi-vis tabard, a yellow hard hat and a white surgeon-style mask.