Forms: 7 fil(l)-, fyllozel, 7–9 filosel(l, (7 filiosell), 9 filoselle. Also 7 philiselle. [a. F. filoselle, fem., OF. filloisel masc., ad. It. filosello: see prec.] a. ‘Ferret or floss silk; grogram-yarn’ (Simmonds).
1612. Sc. Bk. Customs, in Halyburton’s Ledger (1867), 326. Filosell or ferrett silk the pound viiili.
1662. Stat. Ireland (1765), II. 464. Fyllozell or Paris silk.
1876. Mar. M. Grant, Sun-Maid, iv. It was a wonderful piece of work of woven gold and silver and filosel.
attrib. 1892. Pall Mall G., 27 Oct., 1/2. It is a wide ribbon, which has the appearance of plaited filoselle silk.
† b. A kind of stuff (? a mixture of silk and wool).
a. 1605. in Beck, Draper’s Dict., 16 note. The paragon, peropus, and philiselles may be affirmed to be double chambletts. Ibid., To make this a philiselle, a peropus, a paragon, or a buffyn is but to alter the breadth.
