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▪ I. organzine, n.|ˈɔːgənziːn|
Also 7–8 organcine, 8 organsine.
[a. F. organsin (1667 in Littré), ad. It. organzino, of unknown origin.]
The strongest and best kind of silk thread, formed of several strands twisted together in the contrary direction to that in which their component filaments are twisted. Also organzine silk.
1699Phil. Trans. XXI. 184 The Goodness of Silk is distinguished by its lightness,..the Organcine is Superfine, it being the best sort. 1732–7Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. i. i. iii. 9 Upon the Derwent..were erected in the late Reign, by Sir Thomas Lombe, those Mills which work the three capital Italian Engines for making Organzine or Thrown Silk. 1759Pullein in Phil. Trans. LI. 23 The French were desirous of making raw silk fit for organcine or warp among themselves. 1835Ure Philos. Manuf. 235 There are three kinds of raw silk, organzine, tram, and floss. 1893Dict. Nat. Biog. XXXIV. 96 The machinery had rendered the manufacturers of this country independent of Italy for the supply of organzine.
1732Lond. Mag. I. 36 Three Italian Engines for making Organzine Silk. 1831G. R. Porter Silk Manuf. 203 Organzine silk is of the nature of rope, where the combined strands are twisted in an opposite direction to that given to the separate threads.
▪ II. ˈorganzine, v.
[ad. F. organsine-r (1762 in Dict. Acad.), f. organsin: see prec.]
trans. To make into organzine; intr. To twist threads of silk so as to form organzine. Chiefly in ˈorganzined ppl. a. and ˈorganzining vbl. n.
1779Chron. in Ann. Reg. 198/1 Fine Italian organzined thrown silk. 1789Pilkington View Derbysh. II. 172 Organzining or preparing the silk for the manufactures of Spitalfields. 1831G. R. Porter Silk Manuf. 210 The expense of organzining in France..is said not to exceed two shillings and ninepence to three shillings per pound. |