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Definition of Byss

byss
Byssus Bys"sus, n.; pl. E. Byssuses; L. Byssi.[L. byssus fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. by`ssos .] 1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk. [Written also byss and byssin.] 2. (Zo["o]l.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc. 3. (Bot.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads. 4. Asbestus.
Byss
Byss Byss, n. See Byssus, n., 1.

Meaning of Byss from wikipedia

- Planet used as a stepping-stone for the New Republic to retake Coruscant. Byss Dark Empire 1991 Comics Planet chosen as the base of operations for a clone...
- storm and finds out he is aboard an old Imperial prison ship heading to Byss. The ship docks and Luke is closely escorted to a chamber, where he is stunned...
- Johann Rudolf Byss (1660–1738) was a Swiss painter. He was born in Solothurn and first learned painting from his father Johann Joseph Byss, and later from...
- with other organisations with similar ideologies, such as the RSS, ABVP, BYSS, VHP and other Sangh Parivar-related oragnisations. The cadres of these groups...
- the Emperor's Hands. Droga flees to a secret Imperial base on the planet Byss, where the Emperor's advisor Sate Pestage exorcises Palpatine's spirit and...
- Gr**** βούτυρον (boúturon) butyric byss- bottom Gr**** βυσσός, βυσσοῦ (bussós, bussoû) abyss, abyssopelagic, hypabyssal byss- flax Gr**** βύσσος (bússos) byssus...
- Johann Wolfgang van der Auvera, Antonio Giuseppe Bossi [de] and Johann Rudolf Byss. Bossi also created the stucco-work in the White Hall during the years 1744–45...
- Jim Lockhart: Golden Age hero formerly known as the Red Torpedo. Jurok Byss: The Keeper of the Monsters, a position in Atlantis' military structure....
- for nyckelharpa music the following centuries, including musicians like Byss-Calle [sv] (Carl Ersson Bössa, 1783–1847) from Älvkarleby. From Uppland,...
- Bhartiya Baudh Sangh, Indian Buddhist ****ociation Bharatiya Yuva Seva Sangh (BYSS), Youth Awakening Front[citation needed] Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, literally...