ˈbrilliantinen.
1. A cosmetic for imparting a gloss to the hair.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > preparations used on the hair > [noun] > to impart gloss
brilliantine1884
1884 Harper's Mag. Oct. 706/1 The same devotion to starch and brilliantine.
2. A fine, shiny, textile fabric used for dress and lining material. Chiefly N. Amer. Obsolete exc. Historical.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > with glossy or shiny surface
satiné1851
brilliantine1873
velvet-cloth1882
mirror1899
satin beauté1914
slipper satin1937
1873 A. D. Whitney Other Girls iii. 15 The underskirt was the identical black brilliantine that had done service all the spring.
1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 6/2 Brocaded Mohair Brilliantines, rich and lustrous as silk.
1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 Apr. 24/2 (advt.) 2000 yards White Brilliantine, in stripe, check and floral. Very special value, 10¢.
1948 Amer. Fabrics V. 143/1 Brilliantine, cloth in which a birdseye pattern is woven into the material on the Jacquard loom.
1969 N. W. Parsons Upon Sagebrush Harp xiii. 68 A dress length of new copen blue brilliantine.
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