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cyprus, n. [OE. cipres, cypirs; perh. so named as being first manufactured in Cyprus. Cf. Cipers.].
A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to, crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most common, and used for mourning. [1913 Webster]
"Lawn as white as driven snow,
Cyprus black as e'er was crow." [1913 Webster]
Cyprus black as e'er was crow." [1913 Webster]
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