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Silesia|saɪˈliːʃ(ɪ)ə|
Also 7–8 Slesia, 7 Sleasia.
[The Latinized form of the name of a province in the east of Germany (G. Schlesien). See also sleazy a.]
1. Used attrib. with cloth, lawn, etc. = next.
1674Blount Glossogr. (ed. 4) s.v. Sleasie Holland, That onely is properly Slesia, or Silesia linnen cloth, which is made in, and comes from the Countrey Silesia in Germany. [1696J. F. Merch. Wareho. laid open 28 Being called Sleasie-Lawns, the name Sleasia it takes from a town called Sleasia in Germany.] 1710Whitworth Acc. Russia (1758) 82 The Hollanders..bring wines, paper,..brocades, Silesia cloth, and all sorts of gallanteries. 1712E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 363, 3 of Silesia Linnen.
b. A fine linen or cotton fabric originally manufactured in Silesia.
1727W. Mather Young Man's Comp. 411 The Commodities..exported..are Iron, Copper, Slesias, Sheets, Sayes [etc.]. 1764Ann. Reg. 107 Fine printed linens of all sorts, cambricks, Britannias, Silesias, hats, etc. 1769Public Advertiser 14 Nov. 3/3 Buckrams, glazed Linens,..and Quadruple Silesias. 1800Hull Advertiser 3 May 2/2, 10 pieces containing 1223 ells of 7-eights fine white Silesia. 1807J. Hall Trav. Scot. I. 213 The principal manufacture of Newburgh is that of Silesias. 1893Outing XXII. 122/2 Some dull-tinted light cloth, as lawn, cambric or silesia.
2. The distinctive name of a variety of lettuce.
In Mills (1763) and Loudon (1824) the form is Cilicia.
1731Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Lactuca, The most valuable of all the Sorts of Lettuces in England are the Versailles, the Silesia and Cos. 1796C. Marshall Gardening xv. (1813) 241 The Silesia lettuce is much admired by some, though at present but little cultivated. |