˜yÐÄvlog

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lustring

/ ˈlÊŒstrɪŋ; ˈluËtËŒstrɪŋ /

noun

  1. a glossy silk cloth, formerly used for clothing, upholstery, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lustring1

C17: from Italian lustrino, from lustro lustre
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The smothering, or reducing, as then practised, was similar to the lustring methods used in Italy in the sixteenth century, or in the manufacture of the blue bricks to-day.

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Once on a day let my beloved write my name, And pour the lustring water with his rosy hands!

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"The Major spoils my rose lustring and my orange sack makes the Justice look——" "Like suet," said Betty.

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You see that these Negroes have no more idea of the pernicious quality of the Sin of Lying, than has a white European shopkeeper deluding a Lady into buying of a lustring or a paduasoy; and see what similar vices there are engendered among savages and Christian folks by opposite causes.

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The material called lutestring was formerly lustring, Fr. lustrine, from its glossiness.

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