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1.
bīs
n.(1)
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A precious kind of linen or cotton cloth; ?batiste, cambric; also, a garment made of this fabric (as worn by the nobility along with purple);
purpur and bis
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brightest under bis
, fairest to behold.
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tī̆l
n.(3)
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?Cloth for sails [cp.
toile
n.]; ?wood of the linden tree (Tilia europaea) for beams.
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