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A sort of thin woolen cloth. It is of various colors, and may be plain or twilled.
A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the silkworm; as, bombic acid.
To hum; to buzz.
A humming sound; a booming.
To hum; to boom.
A humming or buzzing.
A thin spheroidal glass retort or flask, used in the sublimation of camphor.
of Bombolo
Secure against the explosive force of bombs.
A structure which heavy shot and shell will not penetrate.
A bomb. See Bomb, n.
Like or pertaining to the genus Bombyx, or the family Bombycidae.
Silken; made of silk.
Being of the color of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint.
Buzzing, like a bumblebee; as, the bombylious noise of the horse fly.
A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See Silkworm.
Good; valid as security for something.
A very fragrant tea rose with petals of various shades of pink.
The height of the fashion; fashionable society.