Definition of Fustians

1. Noun. (plural of fustian) ¹

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Definition of Fustians

1. fustian [n] - See also: fustian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fustians

fussy
fussy cut
fust
fustanella
fustanellas
fusted
fusterclucks
fusteric
fustet
fustets
fustian
fustianed
fustianist
fustianists
fustians (current term)
fustic
fustics
fustier
fustiest
fustigate
fustigated
fustigates
fustigating
fustigation
fustigations
fustilarian
fustilarians
fustilug
fustilugs

Literary usage of Fustians

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Early English Cotton Industry: With Some Unpublished Letters of Samuel by George William Daniels, Samuel Crompton (1920)
"The fact is that the development of the cotton manufacture is definitely associated with the manufacture of fustians. In the middle of the eighteenth ..."

2. Memoir of Samuel Slater: The Father of American Manufactures by George Savage White (1836)
"A brief notice of the patriotic individual, who undoubtedly made the first '' Jeans, fustians," &c. in America, will be inserted in the Appendix ..."

3. The Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain Systematically Investigated by Andrew Ure (1836)
"The sets of reeds in which fustians, velveteens, and cords, are usually woven, are those of 32, 34, or 36 beers in 24£ inches, each beer containing 19 dents ..."

4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"In later history, it plays au important part as one of the independent Lombard cities. Manufactures of silks, fustians, linens, hats, &c., are carried on to ..."

5. Co-operation as a Business by Charles Barnard (1881)
"fustians AND PAISLEY SHAWLS. IN the co-operative store the member claims interest on his money and a ..."

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