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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[F. (cf. Sp.

ardacina

), fr.

ardasse

a kind of silk thread, fr. Ar. & Per.

ardan

a kind of raw silk.]

A very fine sort of Persian silk.

ardassine ‎(uncountable)

(archaic) A kind of fine Persian silk.
Her cymar was of ardassine, / Fire red from throat to hem — Helen Hay Whitney.