camel hair
51hair — /hɛə / (say hair) noun 1. the natural covering of the human head. 2. the aggregate of hairs which grow on an animal. 3. one of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical filaments growing from the skin and forming the coat of most mammals. 4. a… …
52camel's hair — noun a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel • Syn: ↑camelhair • Hypernyms: ↑fabric, ↑cloth, ↑material, ↑textile …
53hair pencil — noun 1. : a brush or pencil made of fine hair (as of a camel) and used in painting 2. : a close tuft of hairs occurring on parts of the body of certain caterpillars …
54camel'shair — cam·el s hair (kămʹəlz) n. Variant of camelhair. * * * …
55specialty hair fibre — ▪ textiles any of the textile fibres obtained from certain animals of the goat and camel families, rarer than the more commonly used fibres and valued for such desirable properties as fine diameter, natural lustre, and ability to impart… …
56cam|el's-hair — camel s hair, 1. the hair of a camel, used especially in making cloth and paintbrushes. 2. a cloth made of this hair or something like it. 3. the long hairs from the tail of a squirrel, used to make artists paintbrushes. cam|el s hair «KAM uhlz… …
57Against the hair — Hair Hair (h[^a]r), n. [OE. her, heer, h[ae]r, AS. h[=ae]r; akin to OFries. h[=e]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[=a]r, Dan. haar, Sw. h[*a]r; cf. Lith. kasa.] 1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming… …
58Not worth a hair — Hair Hair (h[^a]r), n. [OE. her, heer, h[ae]r, AS. h[=ae]r; akin to OFries. h[=e]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[=a]r, Dan. haar, Sw. h[*a]r; cf. Lith. kasa.] 1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming… …
59To a hair — Hair Hair (h[^a]r), n. [OE. her, heer, h[ae]r, AS. h[=ae]r; akin to OFries. h[=e]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[=a]r, Dan. haar, Sw. h[*a]r; cf. Lith. kasa.] 1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming… …
60cam|el-hair — «KAM uhl HAIR», adjective. = camel s hair. (Cf. ↑camel s hair) …
