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Definition of Oiled silk

Oiled silk
Oiled Oiled, a. Covered or treated with oil; dressed with, or soaked in, oil. Oiled silk, silk rendered waterproof by saturation with boiled oil.

Meaning of Oiled silk from wikipedia

- available, high performance box kites used oiled silk, linen or hemp sails, and were flown with steel cable. Silk, linen and hemp were used because they could...
- escape. He eventually settled on the use of oiled silk sold under the "Green oiled silk protective" brand. The silk surface was painted with one part dextrin...
- members of the upper classes. In China, glans condoms may have been made of oiled silk paper, or of lamb intestines. In ****an, condoms called Kabuto-gata (甲形)...
- portable form is due, partly, to the substitution of silk and gingham for the heavy and troublesome oiled silk, which admitted of the ribs and frames being made...
- advertised in Vogue "Especially designed gas protection costumes... in oiled silk and available in dawn apricot, amethyst, eau-de-nil and rose pink". In...
- least 4 microfarads and rated at around 500 volts DC. Waxed paper and oiled silk film capacitors were available, but devices with that order of capacitance...
- Originally, diaper covers were crafted from oiled wool.[citation needed] During the early 20th century, oiled silk was utilized as a waterproofing agent in...
- members of the upper classes. In China, glans condoms may have been made of oiled silk paper, or of lamb intestines. In ****an, condoms called Kabuto-gata (甲形)...
- impetuosity of the Chinese attack. The crimson sails of their ships made of oiled silk caught fire, and as the ships began to burn, the panic-stricken crew and...
- least 4 microfarads and rated at around 500 volts DC. Waxed paper and oiled silk film capacitors were available, but devices with that order of capacitance...