GOSSAMER  , a See also:

• FINE

fine, See also:

• THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread like and filmy substance spun by small See also:

• SPIDERS

spiders, which is seen covering stubble See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields and gorse bushes, and floating in the See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air iii clear See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather; especially in the autumn . By transference anything See also:

• LIGHT

light, unsubstantial or flimsy is known as "gossamer." A thin gauzy material used for trimming and millinery, resembling the " chiffon " of to-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, was formerly known as gossamer; and in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Victorian See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period it was a See also:

• TERM

term used in the See also:

• HAT

hat See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, for See also:

• SILK

silk hats of very light See also:

• WEIGHT

weight . The word is obscure in origin, it is found in numerous forms in See also:

• ENGLISH

English, and is apparently taken from gose, See also:

• GOOSE (a common Teut. word, O. Eng. gOs, pl. ges, Ger. Gans, O. Norse gas, from Aryan root, ghans, whence Sans. hansa, Lat. anser (for hanser)
• GOOSE (GAME OF)

goose and somere, summer . The Germans have Madchensommer, maidens' summer, and Altweibersommer, old See also:

• WOMEN

women's summer, as well as Sommerfaden, summer-threads, as See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to the English gossamer, the connexion apparently being that gossamer is seen most frequently in the warm days of See also:

• LATE

late autumn (St See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin's summer) when geese are also in See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season . Another See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion is that the word is a corruption of gaze a See also:

• MARIE

Marie (See also:

• GAUZE

gauze of See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary) through the See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend that gossamer was origin-ally the threads which See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell away from the Virgin's See also:

• SHROUD (O. Eng. scrud, garment; cf. Icel. skrudh, in the secondary sense of rigging, allied with " shred," O. Eng. screade, a piece, strip)

shroud on her See also:

• ASSUMPTION, FEAST OF

assumption .