barégen.
/baˈrɛʒ/ 1. A light, silky dress-fabric, resembling gauze, originally made at Baréges.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > thin, light, or delicate > for clothing
crisp1397
peeling1671
barége1828
Henrietta cloth1842
Tibet1857
piuma1858
crystalline1867
fluff1875
nun's veiling1882
zenana1890
voilette1908
Palm Beach1911
1828 B. Disraeli Voy. Capt. Popanilla xiv. 176 He had no doubt his mistress would look most charmingly in a barege.
1845 C. Ridley Lett. (1958) 192 I have got..a sort of barège for evening, which I shall make very warm by lining with silk.
1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. x. 191 The gay-coloured barège shawl.
1851 Times 4 Apr. 11/2 Barege shawls and silks.
1864 M. B. Smedley Linnet's Trial I. iii. iv. 258 Miss Carr wore a slate-coloured barêge.
1901 C. Morris Life on Stage (1902) 3 I had a tormenting barège veil over my face.
1927 E. Sitwell Rustic Elegies 79 On their deep barouche pillows In cashmere Alvandar, barège Isabelle.
2. A mineral water obtained at Baréges.
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the world > food and drink > drink > water > [noun] > mineral water > types of
acidulae1670
Malvern water1756
Saratoga water1793
barége1811
Vichy1858
Congress water1865
Apollinaris1875
Contrexéville1877
Polly1878
Poland1881
St. Galmier1883
Vittel1895
Perrier1904
Evian1907
San Pellegrino1924
1811 R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (new ed.) Barege waters are remarkable for a very smooth soapy feel.
Derivatives
barégin n. (also barégine) a glairy organic substance found in many mineral waters after exposure to the air.
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the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > organic compounds > [noun] > other organic compounds
xanthide1823
idrialin1838
barégin1863
violantin1866
biguanide1881
turmerol1890
tetrazole1892
oxazolone1899
indanthrene1901
silicone1906
platinum blue1908
hydroxycitronellal1929
haloform1931
octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane1946
organo-siloxane1946
chlorofluorocarbon1947
permethrin1975
CFC1976
1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 500 Baregin is in the moist state a transparent, gelatinous, nearly colourless substance..When dried, it forms a horny mass.
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