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gossamer

Fine filmy substance, something like cobwebs, seen floating in the air in autumn. It is the web spun by certain small spiders; the threads are invisible when spun, but a number are woven together by the wind.
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On that road we heard the song of morning stars; we drank in fragrances aerial and sweet as a May mist; we were rich in gossamer fancies and iris hopes; our hearts sought and found the boon of dreams; the years waited beyond and they were very fair; life was a rose-lipped comrade with purple flowers dripping from her fingers.
The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Then the Tin Woodman and the Woggle-Bug bore him gently to the couch, placed him upon the soft cushions, and drew the gossamer hangings to shut him from all earthly view.
The Marvelous Land of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
On several occasions, when the Beagle has been within the mouth of the Plata, the rigging has been coated with the web of the Gossamer Spider.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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