English-Thai Dictionary

byssus

N ผ้า โบรา ณ  par-bo-ran

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BYSSIN, BYSSUS

n.[Gr. infra. ] A silk or linen hood. [Not in use. ]

 

BYSSINE

a.Made of silk.

 

BYSSOLITE

n.[Gr. fine flax, and stone; so called from its resemblance to moss. ] A rare mineral, occurring in very delicate filaments, short, flexible and elastic. Their color is olive green, or brownish yellow, and their luster a little silky. Jameson places byssolite under actinolite; Hauy arranges it under amianthoid.

 

BYSSUS

n.[L. byssus; Gr. fine linen, or cotton. ] The asbestus, composed of parallel fibers, is by some called by this name.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BYSS

BYSS Byss, n.

 

Defn: See Byssus, n., 1.

 

BYSSACEOUS

Bys *sa "ceous, a. Etym: [From Byssus. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: Byssuslike; consisting of fine fibers or threads, as some very delicate filamentous algæ.

 

BYSSIFEROUS

Bys *sif "er *ous, a. Etym: [Byssus + -ferous. ]

 

Defn: Bearing a byssus or tuft.

 

BYSSIN

BYSSIN Bys "sin, n.

 

Defn: See Byssus, n., 1.

 

BYSSINE

Bys "sine, a. Etym: [L. byssinus made of byssus, Gr. Byssus. ]

 

Defn: Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance. Coles.

 

BYSSOID

Bys "soid, a. Etym: [Byssus + -oid.]

 

Defn: Byssaceous.

 

BYSSOLITE

Bys "so *lite, n. Etym: [Gr. -lite. ] (Min. )

 

Defn: An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende.

 

BYSSUS

Bys "sus, n.; pl. E. Byssuses (#); L. Byssi.(#) Etym: [L. byssus fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr.

 

1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk. [Written also byss and byssin. ]

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.

 

3. (Bot. )

 

Defn: An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.

 

4. Asbestus.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

byssinosis

bys si no sis |ˌbisəˈnōsis ˌbɪsəˈnoʊsəs | ▶noun a lung disease caused by prolonged inhalation of textile fiber dust. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Latin byssinus ‘made of byssus ’ (from Greek bussinos ) + -osis .

 

byssus

bys sus |ˈbisəs ˈbɪsəs | ▶noun ( pl. byssuses or byssi |ˈbisī | ) 1 historical a fine textile fiber and fabric of flax. 2 Zoology a tuft of tough silky filaments by which mussels and some other bivalves adhere to rocks and other objects: [ as modifier ] : byssus threads. DERIVATIVES bys sal |-səl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, from Greek bussos, of Semitic origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

byssinosis

byssinosis |ˌbɪsɪˈnəʊsɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a lung disease caused by prolonged inhalation of textile fibre dust. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Latin byssinus ‘made of byssus ’ (from Greek bussinos ) + -osis .

 

byssus

byssus |ˈbɪsəs | ▶noun ( pl. byssuses or byssi |-sʌɪ | ) 1 [ mass noun ] historical a fine textile fibre and fabric of flax. 2 Zoology a tuft of tough silky filaments by which mussels and some other bivalves adhere to rocks and other objects. DERIVATIVES byssal adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, from Greek bussos, of Semitic origin.

 

Duden Dictionary

Byssus

Bys sus Substantiv, maskulin , der |B y ssus |griechisch-lateinisch 1 kostbares, zartes Leinen- oder Seidengewebe des Altertums z. B. ägyptische Mumienbinden 2 ® feines Baumwollgewebe für Leibwäsche 3 Haftfäden mehrerer Muschelarten als Muschelseide verarbeitet