What is a sort of cotton so short and fine thet it can not be spun, used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc called?
capoc — A sort of cotton so short and fine thet it can not be spun, used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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