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countable and uncountable, plural satins
A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen). quotations examples
Ibn Batuta informs us that a rich silk texture made here was called Zaitûniya; and there can be little doubt that this is the real origin of our word Satin,—Zettani in mediæval Italian, Aceytuni in Spanish.
1878, Henry Yule, "Chinchew" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, p. 673
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Semigloss. examples
third-person singular simple present satins, present participle satining, simple past and past participle satined
(transitive) To make (paper, silver, etc.) smooth and glossy like satin. examples