mercenaries
Example Sentences
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This structure fully accounts for the silky lustre possessed by the mercerised fibres.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin
Those mercerised personages I met at Mona's wedding?
From Patty Blossom by Wells, Carolyn
This fabric, indeed, suits all types of faces and figures, and is Economical too, especially the present popular mercerised waistings and vestings that are fast invading the realm of silks.
From The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking by Cabell, James Branch
Silky mercerised cotton has very considerable affinity for dye-stuffs, taking them up much more readily from dye-baths, and it is dyed in very brilliant shades.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin
The following table exhibits the variations of shrinkage of Egyptian when mercerised without tension, under varying conditions as regards the essential factors of the treatment—viz.
From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.
