He sat bare-headed beneath a parasol of byssus which was carried by a.    From Wordnik.com.  [Salammbo] Reference

The byssus is unknown to us, but the stuffs of Lyons are more valuable.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference

In Ave byssus castitatis, up to the last line the words are in alphabetical order.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference

The next is the "vesture of fine linen," or byssus, which was a peculiarly Egyptian token of honor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2] Reference

“Still assuming that I am an individual, and human, and not a madrepore of linked beans.” byssus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ready for the SAT « So Many Books] Reference

“And it was given her to wear a splendid, wholesome byssus, whose splendor shall be like to priceless gems.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ready for the SAT « So Many Books] Reference

I had to pull hard to remove the one on the right; the byssal threads of its byssus arrow had attached it quite securely to the sand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waiting for the next tide] Reference

+ Their Condition Here: The rich man was clothed in purple and byssus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference

The word denotes Egyptian linen of peculiar whiteness and fineness (byssus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference

Gloves made of the byssus of recent Pinnæ may be seen in the British Museum.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland] Reference

On the south side southward, the hangings of the court were of twined byssus, a hundred cubits.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Holy Bible: Darby Translation] Reference

On rubbing them I found the red colour external and distinct from the stone; in fact, it was a red byssus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure] Reference

From her shoulders fell a long full robe of purple byssus, over an underdress of white which readied the knee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Idolatry A Romance] Reference

The table-cloth of byssus, striated like the fillets of sphinxes, seems to unfold itself in luminous undulations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tentation de saint Antoine. English] Reference

Robes of "linen" (shesh -- byssus, the characteristic fine linen of the Egyptians) were considered the most elegant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1] Reference

On the south side, southward, hangings for the court of twined byssus; a hundred cubits the length for the one side.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Holy Bible: Darby Translation] Reference

Then he made them bring him a linen cloth of striped byssus; he made a band, and bound the book firmly, and tied it upon him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri Second series, XVIIIth to XIXth dynasty] Reference

Some linen, made form the Egyptian byssus, a flax that grew on the banks of the Nile, was exceedingly soft and of dazzling whiteness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference

These two qualities of the byssus are specially marked as characteristic (Rev.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Temple���Its Ministry and Services] Reference

Rare byssus from the East.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jewish Literature and Other Essays] Reference

To spin the byssus drearily.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daniel Deronda] Reference

Let thine apparel be of byssus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians] Reference

Behold soft byssus, ivory, and plumes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daniel Deronda] Reference

Sindonis officium candida byssus habet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference

It is the byssus or cable of the animal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882] Reference

The beard is called by modern naturalists byssus.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works] Reference

A wick of byssus in a diamond chalice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Salammbo] Reference