raw silk

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raw silk (uncountable)

  1. Silk that has not been processed to remove sericin.
    • 1922, Warren Pharoah Seem, Raw Silk Properties: Classification of Raw Silk and Silk Throwing:
      In settling the price to be paid for the waste, the owner and the throwster must agree on a fair value for the raw silk.
    • 2011, The Indian Textile Journal, volume 122, page 36:
      The rawsilk imports to India increased from 7,896 tons in 2001, to 10,506 tons in 2002, which is a 33% increase in one year.

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