Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tiffany"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tiffany \Tif"fa*ny\, n. [OE. tiffenay; cf. OF. tiffe ornament,
tiffer to adjust, adorn. See {Tiff} to dress.]
A species of gause, or very silk.
The smoke of sulphur . . . is commonly used by women to
whiten tiffanies. --Sir T.
Browne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Tiffany
n : United States artist who developed Tiffany glass (1848-1933)
[syn: {Tiffany}, {Louis Comfort Tiffany}]
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