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Webster 1913 Edition
Taffety
{
Taf′fe-ta
,Taf′fe-ty
, }Noun.
[F.
taffetas
, It. taffetà
, from Per. tāftah
, originally, twisted, woven, from tāftan
to twist, to spin.] A fine, smooth stuff of silk, having usually the wavy luster called watering. The term has also been applied to different kinds of silk goods, from the 16th century to modern times.
Lined with
taffeta
and with sendal. Chaucer.