BYSSIN
BYS'SIN,BYS'SINE, adjective Made of silk.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BYSSINE
BYS'SINE, a. Made of silk.
BYSSOLITE
BYS'SOLITE, noun [Gr. fine flax, and stone; so called from its resemblance to moss.]A rare mineral, occurring in very delicate filaments, short, flexible and elastic. Their colo...
BYSSUS
BYS'SUS, noun [Gr. infra.] A silk or linen hood. [Not in use.]
BYZANT
BYZ'ANT,BYZAN'TIAN, adjective Pertaining to Byzantium, an ancient city of Thrace situated on the Bosporus. In the year 330, Constantine the Great took possession of Byzantium, e...
BYZANTINE
BYZ'ANTINE, noun [from Byzantium.] A gold coin of the value of fifteen pounds sterling, so called from being coined at Byzantium. Also, a piece of gold offered by the king on ce...