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FUSTIAN , a See also: term which includes a variety of heavy See also: woven See also: cotton fabrics, chiefly prepared for men's See also: wear
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It embraces plain twilled See also: cloth called See also: jean, and cut fabrics similar to See also: velvet, known as See also: velveteen, See also: moleskin, See also: corduroy, &c
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The term was once applied to a coarse cloth made of cotton and See also: flax; now, fustians are usually of cotton and dyed various See also: colours
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In the reign of See also: Edward III. the name was given to a woollen fabric
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The name is said to be derived from El-Fustat, a suburb of Cairo, where it was first made; and certainly a kind of cloth has long been known under that name
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In a petition to parliament, temp
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See also: Philip and Mary, " fustian of Naples " is mentioned
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In the 13th and 14th centuries priests' robes and
See also: women's dresses were made of fustian, but though dresses are still made from some kinds the chief use is for labourers' clothes
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