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colbertine
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colbertine, n. [From Jean Baptiste Colbert , a minister of Louis XIV. , who encouraged the lace manufacture in France.].
A kind of lace. [1913 Webster]
"Pinners edged with colbertine." [1913 Webster]
"Difference rose between
Mechlin, the queen of lace, and colbertine." [1913 Webster]
Mechlin, the queen of lace, and colbertine." [1913 Webster]
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