Tus"sah silk` (?). [Probably fr. Hind. tasar a shuttle, Skr. tasara, trasara.]

(a)

A silk cloth made from the cocoons of a caterpillar other than the common silkworm, much used in Bengal and China.

(b)

The silk fiber itself.

[Written also tusseh silk.]

© Webster 1913.

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