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Look up: Mohair

  1. mohair
    [n] - fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. mohair
    Yarn made from the long, lustrous hair of the Angora goat or rabbit, loosely woven with cotton, silk, or wool to produce a fuzzy texture. It became popular for jackets, coats, and sweaters in the...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. mohair
    yarn made of the long silky hair of the Angora goat Category: Various industries and crafts
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. mohair
    Material originally made from pure spun goats' hair, and later from a mix of spun wool, cotton and silk, used for upholstery and hangings in the 17th and 18th centuries. Mohair was also used to make dolls' wigs in the 19thC.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  5. Mohair
    Mo'hair` noun [ French moire , perhaps from Arabic mukhayyar a kind of coarse camelot or haircloth; but probably from Latin marmoreus of marble, resembling marble. Confer Moire , Marble .] The long silky hair or wool o...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/87

  6. mohair
    noun fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Mohair
    • (n.) The long silky hair or wool of the Angora goat of Asia Minor; also, a fabric made from this material, or an imitation of such fabric.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. mohair
    animal-hair fibre obtained from the Angora goat (see ) and a significant so-called specialty hair fibre. The word mohair is derived from the Arabic ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/107

  9. mohair
    mohair, hair of the Angora goat or a large group of fabrics made from it, either wholly or in combination with wool, silk, or cotton. The Angora goat, native of Asia Minor for 2,000 years, is bred in other lands, e.g., the SW United States and South Africa. Mohair is cool, firm, and resistant to dus...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  10. Mohair
    Mohair is a fabric made from the hair of the angora goat, loosely woven with cotton, silk or wool resulting in a fuzzy textured fabric.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. mohair
    Yarn made from the long, lustrous hair of the Angora goat or rabbit, loosely woven with cotton, silk, or wool to produce a fuzzy texture. It became popular for jackets, coats, and sweaters in the 1950s. Commercial mohair is now obtained from cross-bred animals, pure-bred supplies being insufficient to satisfy demand
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  12. Mohair
    `Mohair` () usually refers to a silk-like fabric or yarn made from the hair of the Angora goat.<ref name="OED">"Mohaire." The Oxford English Dictionary.--> The word "mohair" was adopted into English before 1570 from the مخير--> mukhayyar,&l...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohair

  13. Mohair
    (band) `Mohair` was a British rock band from Watford, England, that formed in 2001 and split after a final gig at date=June 2011--> in St Albans on 28 September 2007. History: Mohair featured Pete Baker (drums, brass), http://web.mac.com/tombillington/Tom_Billington/MAKE_NO_BONES.html Tom Bil...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohair



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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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