Usage examples (23)

• Floss silk is generally used for other stitches because it covers the thread of the canvas better than purse silk; it is, however, often replaced by filoselle, which is...
• -- Six skeins of bright scarlet Berlin wool; 5 shades of green ditto, 6 skeins each; 12 skeins of black, and 4 of gray; 4 skeins of white, and 4 of gray floss silk, or...
• It is much cheaper than embroidery silk or filoselle.
• They will only bear light embroidering in silk or filoselle.