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muslin

mus.lin \'m*z-l*n\ n [F mousseline, fr. It mussolina, fr. Ar 
   mawssub-dot>ili|] often attribB-y of Mosul, fr. al-Mawssub-dot>il Mosul, 
   Iraq : a plain-woven sheer to coarse cotton fabric