Bible Dictionaries
Silesia

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings.

(2):

(n.) A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Silesia'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/silesia.html. 1828.