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A vessel borne by magic gales, All rigg'd with gossamery sails, And bound for Fairy-land?

From The Isle of Palms and Other Poems by Wilson, John Lyde

Adj. structural, organic; anatomic, anatomical. textural, textile; fine grained, coarse grained; fine, delicate, subtile, gossamery, filmy, silky, satiny; coarse; homespun. rough, gritty; smooth. smooth as silk, smooth as satin.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

On, gay adventurers, bravely ride the billowy furze, Golden foil and dewy pearls are swaying to a tune: Quaff the brew of red raspberry through the vine veils gossamery.

From Ballads of Peace in War by Earls, Michael

He was playing in delicate variations, tranquil and enchanting, of effects in gold and silver, now gossamery thin, now thick and rich.

From Over the Pass by Palmer, Frederick

But I must not anticipate—a beautiful veil of brown tissue, none of your woolleny, gruff fabrics, fit only for penance, but a silken gossamery cloud, soft as a baby's check.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 by Various




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