A lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns made of silk, polyester, or cotton.
Any purely ornamental accessory on a woman's dress, such as a bunch of ribbon, lace, etc.
A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.
Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes.
A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.
A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel.
A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel.
The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner.
To remove the silk from (corn).