n. - The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.
n. - Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering.
n. - A small stream of water.
n. - Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.
n. - A body feather of an ostrich. Flosses are soft, and gray from the female and black from the male.