2. Verb. (third-person singular of floss) ¹
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Definition of Flosses
1. floss [v] - See also: floss
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flosses
Literary usage of Flosses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Development of Embroidery in America by Candace Wheeler (1921)
"In the larger flowers, the sewing silk had been split into flosses, or perhaps
the prepared flosses were used in the "tent stitch," which is now known as ..."
2. The Wild and Cultivated Cotton Plants of the World: A Revision of the Genus by George Watt (1907)
"... white and grey (ash) fuzz, 153, 157, 227, 231, 234, 235, 236 237, 238; woolly
flosses, 97, 108, 112, 150, 152, 205, 211, 224, 227, 231, 232, 234, 237, ..."
3. Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace (1881)
"... and displays of jewelry, and subtleties of lace in veils and scarfs, and other
subtleties not less exquisite in flosses of Indian silk. ..."
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