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organzine

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or⋅gan⋅zine

[awr-guhn-zeen]
–noun
silk that has been additionally twisted in opposite directions, used warpwise in weaving silk fabrics.
Compare tram.


Origin:
1690–1700; < F organsin < It organizino
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or·gan·zine   (ôr'gən-zēn')   
n.  A raw-silk thread, usually used as a warp thread.

[French organsin, from Italian organzino, probably after Organzi (Urganch), a city of western Uzbekistan.]
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