• (n.) A kind of double thrown silk of very fine texture, that is, silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increase its strength.
See silk.
Or'gan·zine noun [ French organsin ; confer Spanish organsino , Italian organzino .] A kind of double thrown silk of very fine texture, that is, silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increase its strength. 
silk that has been additionally twisted in opposite directions, used warpwise in weaving silk fabrics. Cf. tram.