Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
the Fifth Week of Lent
the Fifth Week of Lent
There are 12 days til Easter!
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Dictionaries
Byssus
Webster's Dictionary
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
(1):
(n.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.
(2):
(n.) A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.
(3):
(n.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.
(4):
(n.) Asbestus.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Byssus'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/byssus.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Byssus'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/byssus.html. 1828.
