A rustling sound, particularly the rustling of a large silk dress.
To move with the sound of rustling dresses.
Liable to create the sound of rustling cloth, similar to 19th-century dresses.
Unimportant, silly, useless.
Highly ornamented, overly elaborate; excessively girly.
The sound made by something that grates against something else.
An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.
A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
The loose material that comes from something being grated.
Harsh and unpleasant.
Abrasive; tending to annoy.