n. - Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering.
n. - A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces.
a. - Watered; having a watered or clouded appearance; -- as of silk or metals.
n. - A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance on textile fabrics or metallic surfaces.
n. - Erroneously, moire, the fabric.
- To give a watered or clouded appearance to (a surface).