Raw Silk

Raw Silk
GREGE SILK or Raw Silk
The French term for raw silk yarns run together without twist. It is reeled from cocoons and used either as it is or when converted into tram or organzine by throwing. ————————
RAW SILK
A term applied to the filaments produced by silkworms in the form of cocoons. The term also applies to the threads produced by reeling the filaments from a number of cocoons together. Each filament (bave) consists of two fibres (brins) joined together by gum and the length varies from about 500 to over 1,200 yards. Various counts ranging from 8/10 denier to 20/22 denier are reeled, 13/15 denier is the most usual and this is produced by reeling from five cocoons. It has no twist. There are nine different qualities of Bombyx Mori silk in commerce, whether from Japan, China, Italy or India. They are : - Bons Cocoons, Cocoons Pointus, Cocoons Foibles, Cocoons Doubles, Cocoons Satines Goufflons. Cocoons Ouverts. Cocoons Chiques, Cocoons Taches, Dragles.

Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.

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  • Raw silk — Silk Silk, n. [OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to Icel. silki, SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an Oriental source; cf. Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk , and also L. sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf. {Sericeous}. {Serge} a woolen stuff …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • raw silk — n. 1. silk reeled from the cocoon, with the sericin still in it 2. a silk fabric of a slub weave, used for suits, etc …   English World dictionary

  • raw silk — raw′ silk′ n. tex reeled silk with its sericin intact • Etymology: 1300–50 …   From formal English to slang

  • raw silk — noun 1. : reeled silk before the gum is removed 2. : a woven or knitted fabric of spun silk * * * reeled silk that has not had the sericin removed. [1300 50; ME] * * * raw silk noun 1. Natural untreated silk threads 2. Fabric made from these • •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • raw silk — /rɔ ˈsɪlk/ (say raw silk) noun 1. silk as reeled from the cocoons. 2. material woven from this silk …  

  • raw silk — silk fibers which have not had the sericin removed; fabric made from untreated silk fibers …   English contemporary dictionary

  • raw silk — reeled silk that has not had the sericin removed. [1300 50; ME] * * * …   Universalium

  • Silk in the Indian subcontinent — Silk in India as elsewhere, is an item of luxury.For more than four thousand years, this cloth produced from the cocoons of caterpillers, has been associated with crowned heads and riches throughout the different ages. As a designer once said… …   Wikipedia

  • Raw — describes a material that is in its natural unprocessed form, or has not had the final stages of processing. For example, raw food refers to food that has not been cooked, and raw silk is the term for unprocessed silk. Raw also has symbolic… …   Wikipedia

  • Silk — Silk, n. [OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to Icel. silki, SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an Oriental source; cf. Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk , and also L. sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf. {Sericeous}. {Serge} a woolen stuff.] 1 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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