How To Use Silk In A Sentence

The bird's silky down began to coarsen and fray, and its beak began to harden and grow. Old Egg
Horatia was still in mourning for her mother, and wore a black skirt, but Lucilla's was of rich deep gentianella-coloured silk, and the buttons of her white vest were of beautiful coral. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster
Using wire transmission, with long service life, and not sticky paste, silk or nylon thread transmission can be equipped with water-hao to justice system.
She pulled the black scrunchie out of her long glossy red-gold hair, the silky strands having been confined in a simple low, sleek ponytail.
Authentic Chinese patterns come to life in silk jacquards, prints and exquisite beaded pieces.

Those who had struck it rich wore black woollen trousers and Napoleon boots, and sported silk sashes and gaily coloured kerchiefs.
She could feel underclothes, linen drawers, silken chemise, a farthingale with its stiffened hoops. Ill Met By Moonlight
He had chasubles, also, of amber-coloured silk, and blue silk and gold brocade, and yellow silk damask and cloth of gold, figured with representations of the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ, and embroidered with lions and peacocks and other emblems; dalmatics of white satin and pink silk damask, decorated with tulips and dolphins and fleurs-de-lis; altar frontals of crimson velvet and blue linen; and many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria. The Picture of Dorian Gray
Expertly based on simple, smooth, sculptural lines, exploring colour by layering and integrating silk and viscose, adding another textural element to her work.
In his dreams she wore a blue satin frock with a burgundy shawl, or a pink silk pelisse, or a white crinoline.
Wild silk or tussah comes from a wild species of moth, usually the tussah silkworm. HOME COMFORTS
While she mainly stocks silk fabric with organza, most of the designs can also be acquired in a different and cheaper fabric.
Nancy Finn at Chasing Rainbows dyes lovely silk caps and tussah and and and... Spinning Silk Hankies
Uncle Fliakim Sheril, furbished up in a new crisp black suit, and with his spindleshanks trimly incased in the smoothest of black silk stockings, looking for all the world just like an alert and spirited black cricket, outdid himself on this occasion in singing _counter_, in that high, weird voice that he must have learned from the wintry winds that usually piped around the corners of the old house. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
A big Chinaman, remarkably evil-looking, with his head swathed in a yellow silk handkerchief and face badly pock-marked, planted a pike-pole on the White and Yellow
Lying on silk in the round leather box was a bracelet.
Dressed in a silver-patterned silk shirt and tailored trousers, he exudes self-confidence.
Nylon and silk differ.
You (or One) cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
The evening dress is made out of pure silk.
The first is a long, sleeveless silk dress, which has a looser cut that is "beachy, floaty and has movement" but which also has a slight air of "drama" due to its elegant, floor-dusting hemline. Packing Just Enough for a Weekend at the Beach
How do I clean mud off silk shoes?
When she returned she redressed her hair, drawing it back across her ears, put in at a provocative angle a fan-like carved shell comb, and twisted a shawl of flame-colored silk -- it was a manton, she instructed him -- about her shoulders. Cytherea
The Cotton grass has tiny flowers with tufts of white silky hairs at the top of a stalk.
Bouchons were originally wine bars where the local silk workers or passing stagecoach drivers could fill up on a simple, hearty cuisine that was based on fresh local products -- mostly pig in the form of andouillette, fried crackling, tripes, petit salé -- and lots of the local wine among like-minded souls, enjoying their brief moment of freedom amid laughter and loud, boisterous behavior. Jamie Schler: A Side Trip to Lyons: Le Bouchon
The complexity and number of processes for treating silk goods may be realized when we know that a piece-dyed or printed fabric is handled its entire length between fifty and one hundred times after it comes from the loom, sometimes even more. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades
Also known as Endi or Errandi, Eri is a multivoltine silk spun from open-ended cocoons, unlike other varieties of silk. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
Her dress is of dark blue silk with a low-cut neck and a wide embroidered collar. PERDITA: The Life of Mary Robinson
A huge black beacon waddled along, dragging a reluctant mass of iron at the end of its chain cable, followed by a roughly-built "flatty" and a huge log of silkwood. Confessions of a Beachcomber
Embellished with cascades of semi-precious stones, crystal beads, dabka, and vivid skeins of fine silk thread, the focus here is on detailing and embroidery.
Designers use floral in monotones with unusual checks and stripes, silky and lustrous finishes, transparence and illusion placements with a hint of skin in the collection.
She usually wore a dress of dark gray stuff, with immense pockets, a black silk neckerchief folded over her shoulders, a white tamboured muslin cap, with a black ribbon passed two or three times round the crown. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
She stood for a moment in her flat sandals, khaki shorts, a long-sleeved white silk shirt and a pair of very black wraparound sunglasses. BLOOD IS DIRT
I am labouring here to contradict an old proverb, and make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, namely, to convert a bare 'haugh' and 'brae', of about The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2
Her gaze, unfocused, fell on the swath of ivory silk adorning the richly hued carpet. DEVIL'S BRIDE
As he presented his fall 2011 collection recently, Mr. Gordon said, We line everything in silk charmeuse! Materials Girls: Designers Trim Hemlines, Costs
Her gown was made of silk, and the slip was made of crushed velvet in a shade of purple that was darker yet.
The most barefaced collective silk stockings most strong on history is lured!
She glides to the podium, perfect in every way, from the toes of her green pearlized kid shoes, to the elegant full length Thai silk ceremonial vest, to the top of her jade tiara. Over herez… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
Looking with disgust at the clothing she was going to have to put on, she sighed and began to remove the beautiful rose-coloured silk robes.
Silk moth cocoons are made of a layer of silk that the caterpillar exudes from glands in its mouth.
Barbara Cartland used to wear pink silk chiffon and pearl-crusted cardies or so she would have us believe. Archive 2009-06-01
This second gene is only found in holometabolous insects, Drosophila, and silkworms but not in the more primitive hemimetabolous insects, like grasshoppers or springtails.
Males tend to wear armor suits in shiny silver colors that covered their chests and private spots, while females dressed up with silk-like materials covering them from head to toe that were part translucent with a wide variety of tints.
She arranged the skirt of her green Zampatti suit, patted the bow of her white silk shirt. MURDER SONG
Silk was used with wool for contrast.
She reached out and grasped the silk, gasping as it unfurled into a thin cloak, shimmering softly.
This non-dairy whip icing has a ‘fresh picked’ strawberry flavor, silky texture and delicate, pink color that's perfect for any dessert.
I think I might fashion a craft from silk," Jumper chittered. Falcon Street
It was a Christmas when shoppers passed by expensive silks in favor of more practical gifts.
How shall we ever admire our civic leaders if we cannot look up to them, to see a white silk glove raised in blessing, a ringed-hand greeting?
The unruly bunch pushed into the White House, clods standing on the silk-upholstered furniture in muddy boots to get a glimpse of the new president (who was trying not to be crushed by his well-wishers). Inauguration Party Like It's 1829
He got to wear his lovely yellow silk gown—the one he wore as Juliet he fretted over the tear in the sleeve and blames Becka, naturally. Exit the Actress
They are usually applied to wool and silk in a neutral or slightly alkaline bath; on cotton they are fixed by means of tannate of antimony or tin. Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891
-- This plaster is a kind of varnished silk, and its manufacture is very easy. One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed
Cream Silk Hot Oil Therapy is a deep conditioner, developed to add strength and body to fine, flyaway hair.
The shapes are a lot more feminine, the fabrics - taffeta, silk and lace - are a lot more feminine, and there are more textures involved.
a scarlet "whittle" over all this motley finery; with a "outwork quoyf or ciffer" (New England French for coiffure) with "long wings" at the side, and a silk or tiffany hood on her drooping head, -- Priscilla in this attire were pretty indeed. Sabbath in Puritan New England
And they wore silk socks that would have been frowned upon at the more establishment country clubs in the Hamptons.
I got up and went to the shower; I dropped my silk gown which fell to the floor stroking my skin softly as it fell.
Silk C depicts addorsed and regardant falcons with beading separating bodies from tails.
She opened the tie box and looked at her purchase. It was silk, with maroon stripes.
Everything was sculpted to present an elegant, Japanese refinement, using dark woods and red silks and gold embroidery and edging.
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You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
The modern-meets-sultry pumps and flats in ornate silk patterns could be worn with a silk qipao, or form-fitting dress. The Bling Dynasty
Katy, still dressed in her attorney clothes, a gray tweed suit with a pale-blue silk blouse, tucked her napkin under her chin and dug in to the pirogi. Hot And Bothered
We stayed there in an old farmhouse with thick stone walls and shutters, and silk worms in the attic. Times, Sunday Times
It is time to turn that sow's ear into a silk purse. The Sun
One day, Karzai wore the grey karakul hat from the north, the next day the black and white silk turban from his Pathan homeland in the south.
You (or One) cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
In the weaving village, building after building was filled with wooden looms used to make silk and lotus cloth. Times, Sunday Times
He was in summer and office negligée, an unlined blue-serge coat, a white-silk shirt which lay lightly to his body flexuosity, and above the soft collar he had taken on enough outdoor tan to make his smile whiter. Star-Dust
The coat is lined with silk.
His hair was white and powdered and long enough to be tied in a small black silk bow.
Lovely silk brocades and other fine fabrics are woven, dyed and embroidered here.
Henry Spencer Ashbee was a senior partner in a silk mercers, a collector of watercolours and a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Madrid.
You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.
So in the earliest autumn they were married, Monsieur having previously presented Miss Lucinda with a delicate plaided gray silk for her wedding attire, in which she looked almost young; and old Israel was present at the ceremony, which was briefly performed by Parson Hyde in Miss The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861
The EPCH also plans to include a complete product group of floor coverings made of natural fibres including coir, jute, cotton, silk and wool.
Silk taffeta is lit up with metallic yarns; mesh is wired for a new look; and paillettes add reflections to fabrics.
Fossilized spinnerets (the organs that spit out the spider silk) that occur in Middle Devonian rocks in Schoharie County, New York, show that spiders have been making silk for at least 380 million years.
She was clothed in an attractive silk blouse of scarlet with gold brocade that laced up her ample front like a bodice.
Then he repaired to a blacksmith, after stripping her and her damsels of their silken apparel and clothing them in raiment of hair-cloth, and bade him make three pairs of iron shackles. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
It was a slightly glum day, the vivid blue of the sky partially hidden by overcast, and the silky gray rainbirds taking flight in the chill air.
Oh, and did I mention the two red roses entwined on our bed by a single silk ribbon? Times, Sunday Times
The councilor was a well-preserved man of about fifty, of good height, dressed in a well-made gray traveling suit, with a light gray silk tie adorned with a pin of black pearl. The Malady of the Century
Dyed silk was purchased from Arab and Indian traders until sericulture was introduced on the island in the early nineteenth century.
Outside, men recline on brightly colored silk pillows, relaxing on the carpeted floor of a large goat-hair tent as boys dance to tribal songs.
Polly led the way down the sidewalk, her tank top wet at the breastbone, her silky biceps made wooden by her cargo. SURE OF YOU
His silk cravat suddenly felt as though it may choke him at any moment and his navy blue tailcoat seemed overbearing.
The report deluged him with criticism, albeit worded in the silky prose of a veteran mandarin.
Do not reward a dog with a soft silky coat and no undercoat.
He found her in a white cymar of silk lined with furs, her little feet unstockinged and hastily thrust into slippers; her unbraided hair escaping from under her midnight coif, with little array but her own loveliness, rather augmented than diminished by the grief which she felt at the approaching moment of separation. Kenilworth
Throughout the pavilion, the most costly materials were used: precious wood veneers and lacquer for furniture, silk damasks and velvets for upholstery, furs for coverlets and throws.
He used the corset look to great effect, particularly when he paired a white crocodile bustier with a black silk chiffon petal skirt and a rose silk faille bustier with a black silk chiffon lace inset skirt.
The most important item will be a painted silk armorial hatchment from his state funeral car. A Home and Its Love Story
The fitted shape and silky top also mean it will work for dressier occasions. Times, Sunday Times
Textures included silk velvets, velveteen and devorés, and satins.
A wool jacket complements the silk trousers and provides an interesting contrast in texture.
The mechanisms are not well defined, but iron and tin will promote the photo-oxidation of the silk fibroin.
Silk flowers have shed their fusty image and are enjoying a renaissance. Times, Sunday Times
When the man found that we were going to stay all night he bestirred himself, dragged some of the things to one side and put down a shake-down of pulu (the silky covering of the fronds of one species of tree-fern), with a sheet over it, and a gay quilt of orange and red cotton. The Hawaiian Archipelago
The spiderwort is a flower whose juice is used for painting the silks before they're masked with starch and then dyed. Memoirs of a Geisha
The attention of visitors was attracted by the silk (or "ceiba") cotton, installed in the same section. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
Silk sheets are the ultimate luxury.
One day she sat musing by a forest fountain, dressed in a robe of yellow silk, wantonly plucking the flowers which grew on the mossy parapet of the spring and binding them into a bouquet for the Clerk of Mezlean.
Then there were silk gowns, and velvet and satin ones added to these; laces, too, and embroideries; bonnets and gloves; for the corbeille had been of rare quality. The Awakening
He conferred again, and I tried to picture the other side of the screen, with the Rani, sharp-faced and thin in her silk shawl, muttering her instructions to him, and puzzled to myself what the odd persistent noise was that I could hear above the soft pipes of the hidden orchestra - a gentle, rhythmic swishing from beyond the screen, as though a huge fan were being used. Fiancée
Her skin was as smooth as silk.
No expense had been spared, and the walls, as in a Venetian palazzo, were covered in rich damasked silk. A Penchant for Dreaming
It is time to turn that sow's ear into a silk purse. The Sun
He was dressed in the finest of silks, violet in colour, with a dark cape billowing over his shoulders.
Fabrics include canvas in different weights, linens, cotton and silk poplins, piquets, silk canvas, shantung, cotton jersey and all the classic ‘suit’ fabrics.
rustling silk
The moirée silk of the cassock, the cappa magna and the biretta was of a pale rose color.
Here are to be found not only the silks and pottery, the Jewish goldsmiths 'work, the arms and embroidered saddlery which the city itself produces, but "morocco" from Marrakech, rugs, tent-hangings and matting from Rabat and Salé, grain baskets from In Morocco
The fibers were combined with stretch yams, microfibers and cotton, as well as contrasting fibers, such as paper and silk.
It was generally worked in silk, crewel or filoselle, and was used for all the ordinary canvas work such as tidies, table covers, bureau covers as well as other furniture or piano spreads.
Dawn Remblance, from Bridlington, is influenced by the horse's name and the colour of jockey silks when it comes to backing horses.
There are many other types of sarees that you can wear, including jamdani silk saris, ethnic kanchipuram saris, samu silk saree, and butter silk saris and so on. Fashion World of SL
Speeding along the route of the ancient Silk Road, we passed between irrigated fields of melons, cabbages and sunflowers, part of the great oasis stretching eastwards from Tashkent.
I am constructing a silk charmeuse evening dress of two layers that I would like to dye green and blue.
Stock up on key fabrics like cotton, linen, silk and lightweight knits in the summer months, and wool, cashmere and merino knits in the winter.
There were mangoes and cherries and quinces and apples and apricots and almonds, and beyond the orchards there were thickets of tamarisk and casuarina as well as groves of mulberry trees belonging to the silk farmers.
It is merely a kind of varnished silk, and its manufacture is very easy. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
After the introduction of aspirin, he had developed not only several more drugs but also cellulose acetate, acetate silk, and acetate safety film before leaving Bayer in 1908 to establish his own factory in Berlin.
Ragged fire from the slug guns ended in a choking cloud of plaster dust and an ear-splitting roar as most of the west wall fell, severed from its foundations by the azoth Silk had received from Doctor Crane and given to Maytera Mint. Exodus From The Long Sun
Paintings of past and present champions in action, horseshoe-shaped ear-rings and ties and scarves with jockeys' silks on them are all on sale.
Tanka came in a variety of sizes and were often painted on cotton or silk.
She met me at the door to her Notting Hill house in nothing but a red silk peignoir.
Later that evening, Al was still wearing her pareo, but this time as a wrap over a strappy silk top. Covering a Multitude of Beach Sins
While rodents often succeed in opening cocoons and extracting the nutritious pupae, birds rarely invest the time and effort needed to pierce the silken armor.
I love the mix of old and new furnishings, the sense of history in flagstoned kitchen and ancient Aga, the jumble of meadow mixed plants in gardens, the tactile wools and silks and cottons, the worn wooden floors.
Suits, skirts and silky lingerie both conceal and highlight the dark side of those who wear them.
Hair is a marvellous natural fibre - you could almost compare it to pure silk thread.
These prizes should be Hallow-e'en souvenirs, such as emery cushions of silk representing tomatoes, radishes, apples, pears, pickles; or pen-wipers representing brooms, bats, cats, witches, etc. CANDLE AND APPLE Games For All Occasions
Her hair was covered by a silk scarf.
After removing the silk ribbon and unbinding the sewing, I dry-cleaned each page carefully. Before & After: 1807 Land Agreement from the Louis H. Carpenter Collection « Fondly, Pennsylvania: Notes from Archives and Conservation
The latter was lying on his back, with eyes closed, and Linday noted the slender stencilling of the brows and the kinky silkiness of the brown hair. THE END OF THE STORY
Meg Dennison was in a long black skirt and a blue patterned silk blouse with a bow at the neck.
He wore a kind of paletôt of light camlet cloth, with voluminous lapels and deep cuffs of lavender watered silk; very baggy trousers, with lavender stripes down the seams; very shiny boots and quite as glossy a hat; his attire being completed by tightly-fitting gloves, of the hue known in Paris as beurre frais — that is to say, light yellow. Alexis Soyer and the Rise of the Celebrity Chef
The silktail (Lamprolia victoriae) represents an endemic genus of monarch flycatcher and is restricted to the islands of Taveuni and Vanua Levu. Fiji tropical moist forests
He drew the tiny, hand-forged skean dhu, the little -black knife, " from its silk and leather sheath at his belt. The Chrome Borne
She wore a beautiful silk shawl around her shoulders.
Khotan (Li-yul) was a Buddhist kingdom on the Silk Route along the southwestern rim of the Tarim Basin, just north of western Tibet. A Survey of Tibetan History �� 1 The Empire of the Early Kings of Tibet
In this reagent also the China silk dissolved, and the Tussah silk as well as the lustra-celluloses underwent no appreciable change. Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900
Tom Ford has introduced a $990 jean made from Japanese selvedge denim, silk-lined pockets and a front button plated with 18-karat gold. Fashion Roundup: Mad Men Designer Working on Collection; Tom Ford's $990 Jeans; More on Michelle Obama's Fashion Choices
I gasped when I saw the material; it was a sheer blue shimmery silk material that felt like water.
Nearly every peasant household in the area engaged in cocoon production for the urban-based silk filatures.
Giggling with delight, he fished through the styrofoam peanuts and retrieved a length of silk, folded about three inches wide and almost two feet long, then tied with a ribbon.
It is most beautiful, appearing translucent with a light corn silk color and streaks of black in its grainy looking material.
This silkscreen is from a series that takes the same outlines and prints them in different colours. Times, Sunday Times
What the little waking dream revealed to me was that INSTEAD of the little allice in wonderland dress I had been planning to go under the FABULOUS crushed red velvet cape edged in wide satin red ribbon and lined with red moire silk; [Did I mention I'm a bit of a seamstress?} Madrigle Diary Entry
She sighed dramatically, her silky black hair flying in the wind as she became increasingly frustrated.
The elaborate knit work on cotton and silk sarees from Dacca takes at least 12 days to complete.
The female flowers can be distinguished by long, silky hairs at the bases of the flower spikelets.
In addition to caressing her slim body like another layer of skin, the teddy is made of a warm rose-colored silk that brings out some much-needed extra color in her cheeks.
Claire recalls sharing a silk-lined stateroom with two other Wrens, with two Wren officers installed next door.
She was wearing two blue silk ribbons in her hair.
What better time for lace and silk, bows and frills in the undies department? Times, Sunday Times
What better time for lace and silk, bows and frills in the undies department? Times, Sunday Times
The beau monde even dictates style to the overfed Prince of Wales, ridiculous in his pantaloons, and to soignée duchesses, who trade in their silks and satins for cotton, the ‘poor stuff’ of the French Revolution.
He exaggerated the hips with panniered silk skirts, and skirts were stiffened into subtle bell shapes.
But some of the silk eveningwear was fit for the most glamorous of parties, apron bibs floating across the chest then twisting into straps over the shoulders and asymmetrically across the back before dripping into a train.
Other import duties fell on sugar, tobacco, timber, silk, iron bars and, in some years, grain.
Her dress was of blue silk, quite light, and becomingly open at the neck.
She was dressed in a classic black silk gown with a sable stole cunningly draped around her shoulders so that the moth holes wouldn't show. MISS MELVILLE REGRETS
The bride entered the church, resplendent in a white silk gown.
The silk could also be woven into strong textiles to make parachutes, body armour, ropes and fishing nets.
Her blonde hair was pulled back into a smooth chignon and tied with a yellow silk bow.
As vice-president, requiring even more fancy attire for herself and "silkier" underpinnings for the Vice-Dude, she would easily go through a figure ten times as large. The Moderate Voice
I bought a great tie-dyed silk scarf.
Although the external decoration varied from garland to garland, similarities did exist consisting of ‘printed paper rosettes, cockades, and silk hangings’.
The big bedroom was tidy, the silk bedcover smooth and still. PROSECUTOR
The fustanella, or Albanian kilt, was common dress for men until the 1400s. Common villagers and rural people wore a fustanella made from coarse linen or wool; more affluent men wore silk.
It was silvery white, of unsoiled reed flaxen silk.
Suddenly, on the gravelled path, unhurrying, cool, luxuriant, Mme. Swann appeared, displaying around her a toilet which was never twice the same, but which I remember as being typically mauve; then she hoisted and unfurled at the end of its long stalk, just at the moment when her radiance was most complete, the silken banner of a wide parasol of a shade that matched the showering petals of her gown. Within a Budding Grove
You have the Martini exactly right - except you've not mentioned what is to me one of the definitive attributes of a Martini: its plumpy silkiness. Liquid Lunch (Martini Manifesto)
A focal point of her final collection is a woollen skirt, blouse and long coat - all in neutral colours - with a cream silk organza overcoat on top.
She piped the skirt with blue silk.
The hand-stitched, silk gonfalons are black and gold, reflecting the university's official colors.
They were shown how to make colourful outfits, tabards, headbands and banners using brightly coloured silks that they painted.
The book includes many references to Joseph-Jerôme Lalande's L'Art de faire le maroquin and Quemiset promises to improve on that work. 17 reference The preface also connects this book to publications on dyeing cloth, suggesting that Quemiset will organize the subject of dyeing leathers and establish its rules as Hellot's, Macquer's, and Le Pileur d'Apligny's books had done for wool, silk, and cotton, respectively. reference The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe
For example, major ampullate silk, a very tough silk with a tensile strength comparable to Kevlar, is used for the primary dragline or scaffolding of the spider's web.
However, a similar outfit can be created with a silk camisole and flattering suit.
This initial collection features 15 foulards in five sizes, crafted from fine silks and wools.
Lightweight wools, silks, cottons, and rayons work well together.
Around the bend in the path came a soft, pale, velvety nose, attached to a large, prancing, silky brown body bearing a well-filled udder between the hind legs.
The inside of the box was lined with silk.
Although I had allowed myself on more than one occasion to daydream and imagined myself in the lovely silk layered clothes of a lady.
Academic dress for masters is a plain black stuff master's gown, a black trencher cap with a black silk tassel and a hood of black silk lined with the colour of the faculty, school or professional grouping and academic dress for juris doctor will be the same except that the tassel on the trencher cap is white silk rather than black silk.
The first, from an inconsiderable village, is become one of the most flourishing places of the kingdom, enriched by the linen, cambrick, flowered lawn, and silk manufactures. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
I think silk ties can be quite nice.
The soft, silky coat of the shorthair bobtail is medium in length without a noticeable undercoat.
After a few hours, the skin splits again and a black hook grabs hold of the silk button, whilst the legs, mouth and antennae also fall off leaving the chrysalis. The Majestic Monarch Butterfly
Edwards himself was in brilliant brogues, razor-creased tan slacks and blazer over silk shirt and neckerchief.
The result is a vodka with silken, subtle flavors that, unlike most, can be served at room temperature rather than chilled and can be drunk as a digestive as well as in a martini or a mixer.
Ay, mighty well — very well — a silk camblet, I think — very well, truly! — Clarissa Harlowe
But Kirsteen, quite unused to beautiful manufactured things, admired them all, and found a pleasure in heaping together and contrasting with each other the soft silken stuffs, many of them with a sheen of two blended colours called "shot" in those days. Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago

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