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	Fustian - LoveToKnow Watches
		The term was once applied to a coarse cloth made of cotton and flax; now, fustians are usually of cotton and dyed various colours.
		Philip and Mary, " fustian of Naples " is mentioned.
		In the 13th and 14th centuries priests' robes and women's dresses were made of fustian, but though dresses are still made from some kinds the chief use is for labourers' clothes.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Fustian (149 words)

	Fustian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fustian is a term for a variety of heavy woven cotton fabrics, chiefly prepared for menswear.
		Fustian was worn by workers during the 19th century.
		Philip and Mary, fustian of Naples is mentioned.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fustian (266 words)

	Fustian mills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The roles of cloth from which the fustian was cut was usually 18 inches wide, this was pulled tight over rollers and could stretch up to 150 yards long.
		There were many fustian mills built all up and down the country, Mow Cop itself could boast 3 The first and probably most unusual was the Coronation Mill, this is right at the top of Mow Cop hill and was used for cutting that we know of between 1902 when it was built and 1923.
		I believe she may have belonged to the family who owned the Fustian, as she was fairly well to do and had a car with a chauffeur who lived in an adjacent cottage.
	www.mowcop.com /htm/fustian.htm (1367 words)

	Female
		Underskirt wool, heavy linen, denim, fustian, kersey, burlap, or similar fabrics, must be four panels, gathered in to the waistband, may be lighter weight than the overskirt, may have one band.
		Overskirt wool, heavy linen, denim, fustian, kersey, burlap, or similar fabrics, must be four panels, gathered in to the waistband, must have one band, may be sewn to the Bodice to make a dress.
		Bodices wool, denim, fustian, kersey, or burlap with a study lining, may be scooped necked or square necked, and fasten under the left arm, or fasten with hooks at the front.
	members.tripod.com /DNR/female.htm (2146 words)

	fustian - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Meaning: Any general statement is like…, Poetry And Prose: And he, whose fustian's so…, Verbosity: Words are like leaves; and…
		Bombast (quotations): Poetry And Prose: And he, whose fustian's so…
		oratory, public speaking, speechifying, speechmaking, bombast, pomposity, grandiloquence, fustian, orotundity, magniloquence, language, expression,...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /fustian.html (102 words)

	Wilde Weavery Knapsacks and Haversacks
		Made of fustian (linen/cotton), naturally dyed, waxed, hand forged buckles, all leather work is hand sewn with linen thread.
		Made of fustian material, naturally dyed, waxed, all leatherwork is hand sewn with linen thread.
		Made of fustian material and is approximately 12 x 38 and comes either dyed or natural color.
	www.wildeweavery.com /knapsack.htm (127 words)

	Fustian Jabber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		fustian: highflown or affected writing or speech; broadly : anything highflown or affected in style.
		When I first started on the road to becoming a teacher, I thought that most of the "exercises" were just a waste of time.
		I wouldn't have a clue as to what Fustian Jabber is all about.
	www.compusmart.ab.ca /elhaz/teach/fustianmain.html (508 words)

	The Night Writer Challenging Word of the Week: fustian
		First of all, fustian is the name of a thick twilled cotton fabric, or a blend of cotton and flax or low grade wool with a short nap, usually dyed a dark color, and as an adjective, fustian describes cloth so made.
		Fustian is also the name of a drink made of white wine, egg yolk, lemon, spices and other miscellaneous ingredients – a concoction with possibilities.
		To fustianize (FUS chun ize) is to write in a bombastic manner, and a writer who descends to that level is a fustianist (FUS chun ist).
	thenightwriterblog.powerblogs.com /posts/1137376294.shtml (695 words)

	- Chapter 34
		It was a cool morning with a light breeze carrying the fish odor of Fustian dwellings across the broad cobbled avenue.
		A few mature Fustians lumbered heavily along in the shade of the low buildings, audibly wheezing under the burden of their immense carapaces.
		The driver of the flat-car, a labor-caste Fustian with his guild colors emblazoned on his back, heaved at the tiller, swung the unwieldy conveyance through the shipyard gates, and creaked to a halt.
	www.webscription.net /10.1125/Baen/0671318578/0671318578__34.htm (5198 words)

	GENUKI: Bygone Industries of The Peak: The Velvet and Fustian Cutters, Julie Bunting, Peak Advertiser, Derbyshire
		This former cotton factory had changed to fustian and velvet cutting around 1890 and the business was for many years in the hands of John William Smith, employing some 30 women on piece work for about 15 shillings (75p) a week.
		The basic fustian was woven in Oldham and sent by rail to Miller’s Dale station to await collection from Tideswell.
		When it reached the factory, the fustian, a thick unbleached material, was stiffened with lime and stretched taut on a frame ten yards (9 m) long.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/DBY/BygoneIndustries/VelvetCutters.html (958 words)

	Strategy for Teaching Vocabulary Words
		Example: Sailor Jack dropped the heavy fustian, rolled it out, and cut a new sail.
		Even though the word “fustian” is new, the example sentence contains context clues to shed light on the meaning of the word.
		Sailor jack dropped the heavy fustian, rolled it out, and cut a new sail.
	atlas.kennesaw.edu /~kgiese/vst.htm (543 words)

	FanFiction.Net : Dictionary & Thesaurus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc. [1913 Webster] 2.
		An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high-sounding words are used, above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; bombast.
		Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history.
	www.fanfiction.net /dictionary.php?word=fustian (97 words)

	Our Land, Our Literature: Literature - Caroline V. Krout
		Caroline Krout was a lifelong Hoosier author whose writing focuses on the countryside surrounding her Crawfordsville, Indiana, home.
		At this point in her life, Krout turned to writing for periodicals after receiving encouragement from her friend and fellow Crawfordsville resident, Susan Wallace.
		As with most of her novels, Knights in Fustian also vividly describes the landscape in which she is so comfortable and her works are set: "On either hand lay thick woods broken by a few fields.
	www.bsu.edu /ourlandourlit/Literature/Authors/kroutcv.html (1117 words)

	Dictionary.com/Word of the Day Archive/fustian
		Don't squander the court's patience puffing your cheeks up on stately bombast and lofty fustian.
		His stated motive is to meet "the flood of cant, fustian and emotional nonsense which pollutes the intellectual atmosphere."
		Fustian derives from Old French fustaigne, from Medieval Latin fustaneum, but its precise roots beyond that point are uncertain.
	dictionary.reference.com /wordoftheday/archive/2006/04/07.html (157 words)

	FUSTIAN - Online Information article about FUSTIAN
		The term was once applied to a coarse cloth made of cotton and See also:
		flax; now, fustians are usually of cotton and dyed various See also:
		women's dresses were made of fustian, but though dresses are still made from some kinds the See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /FRA_GAE/FUSTIAN.html (262 words)

	Programming doesn't have to be easy \| MetaFilter
		These so-called esoteric languages frequently employ obfuscation and fustian as central design goals; but that doesn't mean you can't do some neat (useless) things with them.
		Also, it would appear that it is being used correctly in each of the posts, which is suprising as hell.
		Fustianity aside, this is a day of synchronicities or something...
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/51050 (1165 words)

	The Mavens' Word of the Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Jean is a sturdy twilled fabric, usually made of cotton, and used chiefly for work clothes or casual wear.
		The word jean is short for jean fustian.
		Fustian is also a type of sturdy cotton fabric; the word is of uncertain origin.
	www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=19990210 (259 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Fustian Words.
		Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Fustian Words.
		Isaac Taylor thinks this phrase means toper’s words, and derives fustian from fuste, Old French for a cask, whence “fusty” (tasting of the cask).
		It may be so, but we have numerous phrases derived from materials of dress applied to speech, as velvet, satin, silken, etc. The mother of Artaxerxes said, “Those who address kings must use silken words.” In French, “faire patte de velour” means to fatten with velvet words in order to seduce or win over.
	www.bartleby.com /81/6904.html (119 words)

	Plush - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the Stone Temple Pilots song, see Plush_(Song).
		Plush (from French peluche) is a textile fabric having a cut nap or pile the same as fustian or velvet.
		Originally the pile of plush consisted of mohair or worsted yarn, but now silk by itself or with a cotton backing is used for plush, the distinction from velvet being found in the longer and less dense pile of plush.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plush (203 words)

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		Diaper: A kind of dimity; a linen fabric (sometimes with cotton) woven with lines crossing to form diamonds with the spaces variously filled with lines, a dot, or a leaf.
		Thickset: A kind of cotton fustian or velvet made either plain or flowered.
		Jean: A linen / cotton twilled cloth of the fustian group.
	www.firstulster.org /page/7_2_1_clothing.html (730 words)

	Definition of fustian - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French fustian, fustayn, from Medieval Latin fustaneum, probably from fustis tree trunk, from Latin, stick, cudgel
		For More Information on "fustian" go to Britannica.com
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	www.m-w.com /dictionary/fustian (102 words)

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		These coats are based on neck/chest size and you may take a larger size than you think in order to wear it comfortably.
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		Unbleached (off white) muslin - Shirts are as per Angus MacBride's illustrations in the Osprey Elites on The English Civil War, gussetted in the neck and underarm, with 4" falling band collar and wood buttons.
	home.att.net /~sykesutler/clothes.htm (1776 words)

	Dr
		We was usually gentle and benevolent to the sick, but viewing drunkenness changed his demeanor dramatically.
		Rum Fustian was a favorite drink of the lumbermen at the "Bend in the River." It was made with 1 gallon of rum, 1 pint of gin, 1 quart of beer, 1 bottle of sherry, 12 egg yolks, and sugar and nutmeg to taste.
		The flavor was reported as "leathery." If you drank this, it was reported that you didn't need sobering up, you needed resuscitation.
	www.sunyacc.edu /corners/bipgraphies/stonecity/billy_joe_clark.htm (474 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Fus’tian.
		Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Fus’tian.
		“Discourse fustian with one’s own shadow.”—Shakespeare: Othello, ii.
		“Some scurvy quaint collection of fustian phrases, and uplandish words.”—Heywood: Faire Maide of the Exchange, ii.
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/81/6903.html (80 words)

	-yourDictionary.com - Word of the Day
		Definition: (1) Originally today's word referred to a course, heavy material made of cotton and flax but today it refers to a cotton material with a short nap, like corduroy and velveteen; (2) pompous, turgid, bombastic language or speech.
		Usage: The only interesting note on the usage of today's word is that it may be used freely as an adjective or noun: a fustian jacket or a jacket of fustian—makes no difference.
		The same applies to the other meaning of the word: a fustian tirade or a tirade of pure fustian.
	www.yourdictionary.com /wotd/wotd.pl?word=fustian (266 words)

	kristuphil.com
		An oldish comic book by Stu has been "published" by Fustian Publishing.
		A semi-autobiographical work of "true-fiction" by Master Wordsmith™ Kris has recently been unearthed (reformatted) and published by Fustian Publishing.
		In addition to having a web page that makes it look like kristuphil.com is an actual company, we also pretend to sell gift certificates with which a "lucky" recipient can buy nonexistent merchandise from...
	www.speakeasy.org /~jklbrown (162 words)

	Wordcraft Archives, April 2005
		The traditional proletarian dress is fustian, as worn by countless Chartists and their leader Feargus O'Connor.
		If Tony Blair ever shows up in a fustian suit, it will be time to get worried.
		Yossarian was unmoved by the fustian charade of the burial ceremony, and by Milo's crushing bereavement.
	wordcraft.infopop.cc /Archives/2005-4-Apr.htm (4400 words)

	Poetry X » Poetry Archives » Emily Dickinson » "Tho’ my destiny be Fustian"
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		163 Tho’ my destiny be Fustian— Hers be damask fine— Tho’ she wear a silver apron— I, a less divine— Still, my little Gypsy being I would far prefer, Still, my little sunburnt bosom To her Rosier, For, when Frosts, their punctual fingers On her forehead lay, You and I, and Dr. Holland, Bloom Eternally!
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	poetry.poetryx.com /poems/3409 (231 words)

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		People who let me skip ahead in the queue when I only have one item and they have about forty.
		Lord Nicole Fustian Harley-Shatner is in your extended network
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	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Murphy lodger unmarr 35 Fustian Cutter B. 2 CONC anchester 2 CONT 2 CONT FUSTIAN CUTTER 2 CONT A person who lifted and cut the threads in the making of Fustian, formerly a kind of coarse c 2 CONC loth made of cotton and flax.
		Now a thick, twilled cotton cloth with a short pile or nap, a k 2 CONC ind of cotton velvet.
		Fustian is the old name for corduroy / A weaver of Fustian 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT I think there is a direct connection with the family mentioned in Rev'd Hayden's e-mail.
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