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FUSTHAN

Volume 10 · 57 words · 1842 Edition

in Commerce, a kind of cotton stuff, tweedled or ribbed on one side. Fustians should be altogether made of cotton yarn, both woof and warp; but a great many are made, the warp of which is flax, or even hemp. Fustians are made of several kinds, wide, narrow, fine, coarse: with shag or nap, and without it.