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Historic word: Gossamer
- Mary Lou Montgomery
- Oct 14, 2014
- 1 min read
In October 1857, a Main Street merchant in Hannibal, Missouri, advertised "Blue Gossamer."

Wikipedia offers a definition:
Gossamer (fabric), very light, sheer, gauze-like fabric
Merriam-Webster dictionary:
* a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather