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bombasie
† ˈbombasie Obs. Also 6 bombezie. [variant of bombace or bombasine.] 1. Raw cotton, cotton-wool.1576 Baker Gesner's Jewell Health 189 b, A feather or fine bombasie wette in the oyle. 1578 Lyte Dodoens vi. xlvi. 719 Dip a little Cotton or Bombasie in the sayde milke, and lay it to your tooth. 2. = bo...
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bombasic
bomˈbasic, a. rare. [f. bombace (or bombasie) + -ic: perh. referring to the colour of Nankeen cotton, or ? of raw silk.] Of a pale yellow or straw colour; bombycinous.1825 J. Fosbrooke Observ. Pathol. Relat. 53 Skin of a Bombasic tint. Ibid. 62 A fine straw-coloured or bombasic tint.
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