a. Obs. [ad. L. bombȳcinus, f. bombyx silk-worm, silk.]
1. Silken, silk; also as sb., a silk fabric.
1599. Hakluyt, Voy., II. II. 90. Let vs proceed vnto the Silke or Bombycine fleece, whereof there is great plentie in China.
1730–6. Bailey, Bombycine, Silk Yarn or silken Cloth, silken.
2. Of cotton, of paper made of cotton.
1886. W. M. Lindsay, in Acad., 4 Dec., 382/1. In No. 973 we have the oldest dated bombycine (i. e. cotton paper) MS. … No. 1196, a cotton-paper MS., with leaves enlarged by linen-paper borders.
