Cy"prus (s?"pr?s),
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. [Obs.] Lawn as white
as driven snow,
Cyprus black as e'er was crow.
Shak.
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