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Look up: Fleece

  1. fleece
    The wool coat of a sheep.
    Found on http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/news/aggloss.ht

  2. fleece
    [n] - the wool of a sheep or similar animal 2. [n] - a soft bulky fabric with deep pile 3. [v] - shear the wool from
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Fleece
    Shearing a sheep so that it's wool is removed intact in one piece, results in a fleece.
    Found on http://www.lethamshank.co.uk/glossary/gl

  4. Fleece
    Fleece (flēs) noun [ Middle English flees , Anglo-Saxon fleós ; akin to Dutch flies , vlies .] 1. The entire coat of wool that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time. « Who shore me Like a tame wether, all my precious fleece Milton. 2. Any soft woolly co ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/41

  5. Fleece
    Fleece transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fleeced ; present participle & verbal noun Fleecing .] 1. To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool. 2. To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions. « Whilst pope and ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/41

  6. fleece
    1. The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time. 'Who shore me Like a tame wether, all my precious fleece.' (Milton) ... 2. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece. ... 3. The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a cardin ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. fleece
    noun a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. fleece
    verb shear the wool from; `shear sheep`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Fleece
    `Fleece` may refer to: * The woolen coat of a domestic sheep, especially after having been sheared (but before being processed into yarn or thread); * A general term for a soft bulky fabric with deep pile. * Polar fleece, a modern synthetic material used to make cool-weather clothing. * A warm upper-body garment made from Polar fleece. * The Golden Fleece in Greek mythology * Fleece, a variation of poker Category:Sweaters
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleece

  10. Fleece
    • (v. t.) To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool. • (n.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine. • (v. t.) To spread over as with wool. • (v. t.) To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressio...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. fleece
    1. the wool of a sheep or similar animal
    2. a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
    3. outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

    Found on

  12. fleece
    Generic name for pile, synthetic fabrics by Malden Mills, Draper's EcoPile, or Dyersburg's E.C.O. Fleece.
    Found on http://www.ectextile.com/glossary.asp?

  13. fleece
    fleece, mat of wool formed by shearing a sheep in one continuous operation. The average fleece weighs from 5 to 10 lb (2.3–4.5 kg); in highbred wool sheep such as the American Merinos a ram's fleece may reach 30 lb (13.6 kg). The weight lost in cleansing the fleece of grease before sorting the...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0


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