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Definition of Dimities
1. dimity [n] - See also: dimity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dimities
Literary usage of Dimities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine, and Annals of Philosophy. (1825)
"... and dimities among the manufactured articles imported from Milan, and cottons
generally among those brought from Venice; while in the articles exported ..."
2. The Furniture of Our Forefathers by Esther Singleton, Russell Sturgis (1913)
"... silk damask (1791); red chintz furniture (1802); an elegant set of crimson
damask with tassels, fringe, lining and binding (1803); furniture dimities, ..."
3. A History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860...: Comprising Annals by John Leander Bishop, Edwin Troxell Freedley, Edward Young (1868)
"... dimities made by them as before mentioned were doubtless composed in part of
Cotton. As linen warp, mostly imported, continued for more than a hundred ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... and dimities of many fine sorts among the manufactured articles imported from
Milan, and mentions cottons generally among those brought from Venice. ..."
5. A History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860 by John Leander Bishop, Edwin Troxell Freedley, Edward Young (1866)
"... dimities made by them as before mentioned were doubtless composed in part of
Cotton. As linen warp, mostly imported, continued for more than a hundred ..."
6. Landmarks in English Industrial History by George Townsend Warner (1899)
"... and dimities, we might imagine that we have mention of a true cotton manufacture.
But this was not so; "cottons" of the seventeenth century were all ..."
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