raw silk en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) Silk that has not been processed to remove sericin.
In settling the price to be paid for the waste, the owner and the throwster must agree on a fair value for the raw silk.
1922, Warren Pharoah Seem, Raw Silk Properties: Classification of Raw Silk and Silk Throwing:The rawsilk imports to India increased from 7,896 tons in 2001, to 10,506 tons in 2002, which is a 33% increase in one year.
2011, The Indian Textile Journal, volume 122, page 36:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rawsilk | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
la mataxa (silk that has not been processed) · tr kaz (silk that has not been processed) · ota قز (silk that has not been processed) · grc μέταξα (silk that has not been processed)