cotton
and wool, either by the yard or as separate towels; the part wool
huck always separate towels.

Irish linen--Full bleached, fine, plain woven linen used for
shirts, collars, cuffs, etc., of different widths.

Jersey cloth--Woolen stockinette.

Kaikai--A thin Japanese silk.

Kersey--A heavy, closely woven cloth with a smooth face and glossy
finish.

Kerseymere--A fine, twilled, woolen cloth of peculiar texture, one
thread of warp and two of wool being always above.

Khaki--A light, yellow-brown colored cotton cloth used for army
service in hot countries.

Ladies' cloth--A fine, wide, wool flannel, slightly napped, similar
to broadcloth.

Lusterine--A thin, twilled, cotton lining finished with high lustre
in imitation of silk.

Marseilles--A sort of figured pique, used for women's and
children's clothes and for men's coats.

Matelasse--A silk and wool or all wool brocade, usually for coats.

Melton--A stout woolen cloth, fulled, sheared, and finished without
a nap; like Kersey, but without a gloss.

Merino--A thin woolen fabric made of the fine wool of the marion
sheep, generally used for women's and children's wear, vestings,
and underclothing.

Mohair--A shiny fabric of great durability, made from the wool of
the Angora goat; used for both men's and women's clothing.

Moire--The water effect produced on silk, moreen, and like fabrics.
The finest watered silks are known as Moire Antique. Moreen is a
woolen or mixed fabric to which the same process has been applied.

Moleskin--A medium heavy twilled cotton cloth, napped inside; used
for men's wear and ornamental purposes.

Muslin--A cotton fabric of various classes and names; bleached and
unbleached, half bleached, cambric, book muslin, long cloth, mull,
organdie, lawns, etc.; used for all purposes.

Nankeen--A peculiar fabric of a pale dull yellow or orange color,
woven out of the fibrous tissue which lies between the outer and
sap-wood of a tree or shrub that grows in the East Indies and
especially in China. The name is derived from the city of Nankin.
An imitation is made out of cotton, colored with Annato. The
genuine nankeen is never more than eighteen or twenty inches wide
and is used for light summer clothing.

Overcoating--Fabr