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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Silesia

/sĭl-ēz'-ə/ · Si·le·si·a · IPA /saɪˈliʒə/
01 n. A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia.
  1. 1.
    A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia.
  2. 2.
    A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings.