What is a coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico. Shak called?
dowlas — A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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