Definition of Tussar

1. tussah [n -S] - See also: tussah

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tussar

tusker
tuskers
tuskier
tuskiest
tusking
tuskings
tuskless
tusklike
tusks
tuskwise
tusky
tussah
tussahs
tussal
tussar (current term)
tussars
tusseh
tussehs
tusser
tussers
tusses
tussic
tussicular
tussiculation
tussigenic
tussis
tussises
tussive
tussive fremitus

Literary usage of Tussar

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

1. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of by Great Exhibition (1851)
"Six varieties of tussar silk cloth, produced in the district of ... Twilled silk, cloth tussar, manufactured in the district of ..."

2. The Sportsman's Book for India by Frederick George Aflalo (1904)
"You want 100 yards of good fine line; none better than the 'tussar,' or rather ' Moonga' line, ... But you must remember tussar line requires dressing, ..."

3. The Registers of Caundle Bishop, Dorset: From 1570 to 1814 by Caundle Bishop, Eng. (Parish), Charles Herbert Mayo (1895)
"Annis, d. of John & Aves tussar. Dec. 19. Hannah, d. of Thomas & Susanna Pelly. Feb. 27. Martha, d. of George & Margaret Downe. 1666. Apr. 30. ..."

4. A Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting, with Special Reference to Ceylon by Hugh Fraser Macmillan (1914)
"The Mulberry kind is the most important and is the one grown so extensively in Europe ; the Eri is much in favour in India, while the tussar is produced ..."

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