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English Dictionary: tiffany by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tiffany
n
  1. United States artist who developed Tiffany glass (1848-1933)
    Synonym(s): Tiffany, Louis Comfort Tiffany
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tiffany \Tif"fa*ny\, n. [OE. tiffenay; cf. OF. tiffe ornament,
      tiffer to adjust, adorn. See {Tiff} to dress.]
      A species of gause, or very silk.
  
               The smoke of sulphur . . . is commonly used by women to
               whiten tiffanies.                                    --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.
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