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has gloss	(noun) a rough fabric of linen warp and wool or cotton woof linsey-woolsey
has gloss	eng: Linsey-woolsey (less often, woolsey-linsey or in Scottish English, wincey) is a coarse twill or plain-woven fabric woven with a linen warp and a woollen weft. Similar fabrics woven with a cotton warp and woollen weft in Colonial America were also called linsey-woolsey or wincey. The name derives form a combination of linen and woollen. This textile has been known since ancient times; the Bible twice explicitly bans Jews from wearing it.
lexicalization	eng: linsey-woolsey
subclass of	(noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" cloth, material, textile, fabric

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