Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) A fine, flimsy, sheer fabric or substance, like cobwebs, floating in the air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is formed by small spiders.
2. (n.) Any very thin gauzelike fabric; also, a thin waterproof stuff.
3. (n.) An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer.
Library
The Gaze of the Soul
... under with psychological jargon as he defines and re-defines, paring the slender
hair of faith thinner and thinner till it disappears in gossamer shavings at ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tozer/the pursuit of god/vii the gaze of the.htm
Ill-Temper
... There are flowers and birds, knights and ladies, gossamer-winged fairies and children
of seraphic beauty; but in the corner of the canvas, or just at their feet ...
//christianbookshelf.org/drummond/the ideal life/ill-temper.htm
Personal Notes: Relics Nearby that the Three Kings had Given to ...
... of birds' eggs, but I soon saw that they were the cocoons which the worms had spun
round themselves, for I saw people winding off threads as fine as gossamer. ...
/.../the life of the blessed virgin mary/xv personal notes relics nearby.htm
Meanwhile, Angela Sovrani was Detained in Her Studio by the ...
... I am now in love!"truly!"ah, you laugh!"" and she laughed herself, shaking her pretty
head, adorned with its delicate "creation" in gossamer and feathers ...
/.../corelli/the master-christian/xi meanwhile angela sovrani was.htm
Tertius
... He would fain float across the deep gulf of alienation a thread of love which looked
like gossamer, but has proved to be stronger than centuries and revolutions ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/tertius.htm
Watkinson -- the Transfigured Sackcloth
... No sackcloth must pass their gate, and no craftsman of Ind ever wove gossamer half
so delicate and delightful as the verbal veil with which these literary ...
/.../the worlds great sermons volume 8/watkinson the transfigured sackcloth.htm
The Blessed Hope and Its Power
... It is but a philosophy of sin; a gossamer robe over the self-indulgence which has
come to be the real interest of the theorist, the real occupation of his will ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/moule/philippian studies/chapter x the blessed hope.htm
Of the Causes which Alienate us from God.
... beginning. The allurement, however, which at first is but as a gossamer
thread, is soon felt to have the strength of a cable. "Evil ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/chapter v of the causes which.htm
Apprehending God
... The Christian is too sincere to play with ideas for their own sake. He takes
no pleasure in the mere spinning of gossamer webs for display. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tozer/the pursuit of god/iv apprehending god.htm
Night
... The mind is gross that can not heed the weak and small. Shall we say that the
spinner of the gossamer, the painter of the rose is not fine? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xxxiv night.htm
Thesaurus
Gossamer (1 Occurrence)... 2. (n.) Any very thin gauzelike fabric; also, a thin waterproof stuff. 3. (n.) An
outer garment, made of waterproof
gossamer.
...Gossamer (1 Occurrence).
.../g/gossamer.htm - 7kGossip (7 Occurrences)
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Virgin (62 Occurrences)
... indulgence. 3. (n.) See Virgo. 4. (n.) Any one of several species of
gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. 5. (n ...
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Gospel's (3 Occurrences)
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Arabia (9 Occurrences)
... To the keen sight of the nomad the glowing desert heat is visible as a fine gossamer
(Isaiah 18:4). Perhaps this is the meaning of sharabh in Isaiah 35:7 ...
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Bible Concordance
Gossamer (1 Occurrence)Job 8:14 Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider's web.
(See JPS)
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