MUSLIN, a fine kind of cotton cloth, with a downy nap on its surface. The name is said to be derived from Mosul in Asia, where it was originally manufactured. It was first imported into England from India in 1670, and is now manufactured in immense quantities both in Britain and on the Continent, rivaling in quality, and surpassing in cheapness, the finest products of the eastern looms. (See COTTON, and COTTON MANUFACTURE.)