“It was woven of silk and the most finely-spun wool ever seen on these shores.”

“The silkworm spins a cocoon of silk thread, which is later unraveled to produce fine silk fabric.”

“The principle species used in commercial production is the mulberry silkworm, which is the larva of the silk moth, Bombyx mori.”

“The domesticated silkworm is one of a few lepidopteran species that have been used for genetic analysis.”

“Satin-stitch is par excellence the stitch for fine silkwork.”

“The tax on silkwork and silk-dyeing in Fustat brought 334 dinars per year.”

“The gouernor sent vnto the two souldiers that went to visite him, ech of them two peeces of silke.”

“Her petticoate of red chamlet edged with rich gold fringe, stockings of carnasion silke, her breath and her whole body, the more to enamour thee, most fragrantly perfumed.”

“Silke Four is a version of the well-known Connect 4 where the goal is, for those who don't know, to place 4 discs of your colour in a row in a grid where they fall similar to gravity.”

“Cultivated silkworms grown in a controlled environment produce the finest silk fibers.”

“Tussah silk, often called shantung, is made from the cocoons of wild tussah silkworms that eat oak and juniper leaves.”

“In Thailand, open-air markets sell silkworms, grasshoppers, and water bugs by the pound.”

“A hundred dancers, clothed in rainbow silks, celebrate Diwali in Blenheim palace.”

“Other agricultural products are silks, fruit, grapes, and livestock, particularly karakul sheep.”

“They, too, were bedecked in shades and hues that I had never seen in silks, satins, and lace before!”