camel hair
41Camel — From the Hebrew gamal, to repay or requite, as the camel does the care of its master. There are two distinct species of camels, having, however, the common characteristics of being ruminants without horns, without muzzle, with nostrils forming …
42camel — n. 1 either of two kinds of large cud chewing mammals having slender cushion footed legs and one hump (Arabian camel, Camelus dromedarius) or two humps (Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus). 2 a fawn colour. 3 an apparatus for providing additional …
43camel's hair — cam′el s hair or camelhair n. 1) tex the hair of the camel, used esp. for cloth, painters brushes, and Oriental rugs 2) tex a soft cloth made of this hair, or of a substitute, usu. tan in color cam′el s hair , adj …
44hair — hairlike, adj. /hair/, n. 1. any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus. 2. an aggregate of such filaments, as that covering the human head or forming the coat of most… …
45hair — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. mane (see hair); filament;bit, inch (see narrowness, nearness). II Body covering filament Nouns 1. hair; head of hair, mop, mane, crop of hair, thatch, shock; gray, silver or white hair (see… …
46camel's-hair shawl — Cashmere Cash mere, n. 1. A rich stuff for shawls, scarfs, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Tibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for… …
47camel's hair — 1. the hair of the camel, used esp. for cloth, painters brushes, and Oriental rugs. 2. a soft cloth made of this hair, or of a substitute, usually yellowish tan to yellowish brown in color. Also, camelhair. * * * …
48camel's-hair — /kam euhlz hair /, adj. made of camel s hair. * * * …
49camel's-hair — /kam euhlz hair /, adj. made of camel s hair …
50Hair — 1) The Egyptians let the hair of their head and beard grow only when they were in mourning, shaving it off at other times. So particular were they on this point that to have neglected it was a subject of reproach and ridicule; and whenever… …
