Satin

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Satin \Sat"in\, n. [F. satin (cf. Pg. setim), fr. It. setino,
     from seta silk, L. saeta, seta, a thick, stiff hair, a
     bristle; or possibly ultimately of Chinese origin; cf. Chin.
     sz-t["u]n, sz-twan. Cf. {Sateen}.]
     A silk cloth, of a thick, close texture, and overshot woof,
     which has a glossy surface.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           Cloths of gold and satins rich of hue.   --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Denmark satin}, a kind of lasting; a stout worsted stuff,
        woven with a satin twill, used for women's shoes.
  
     {Farmer's satin}. See under {Farmer}.
  
     {Satin bird} (Zool.), an Australian bower bird. Called also
        {satin grackle}.
  
     {Satin flower} (Bot.) See {Honesty}, 4.
  
     {Satin spar}. (Min.)
     (a) A fine fibrous variety of calcite, having a pearly
         luster.
     (b) A similar variety of gypsum.
  
     {Satin sparrow} (Zool.), the shining flycatcher ({Myiagra
        nitida}) of Tasmania and Australia. The upper surface of
        the male is rich blackish green with a metallic luster.
  
     {Satin stone}, satin spar.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  satin
       n : a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a
           dull back

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  85 Moby Thesaurus words for "satin":
     alabaster, attenuate, attenuated, billiard table, blubber,
     bowling alley, bowling green, breeze, butter, clay, cushion,
     daintiness, dainty, delicacy, delicate, dough, down, downiness,
     downy, eiderdown, feather bed, feathers, filminess, filmy, fine,
     fine-drawn, fine-grained, fine-grainedness, fineness, finespun,
     flat, fleece, floss, flue, fluff, fluffiness, fluffy, foam, fuzz,
     fuzziness, fuzzy, gauzy, glass, gossamer, gossameriness, gossamery,
     ice, ivory, kapok, level, mahogany, marble, peach fuzz, pillow,
     plane, plush, pubescence, pubescent, pudding, puff, putty, refined,
     refinement, rubber, satininess, satiny, silk, silkiness, silky,
     slide, smooth, smoothness, softness, swansdown, tennis court,
     thin-spun, thistledown, velutinous, velvet, velvetiness, velvety,
     wax, wiredrawn, wool, zephyr