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Fleece

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 carding machine. Fleece wool, wool shorn from the sheep. Golden fleece. See golden.

Origin: oe. Flees, as. Fleos; akin to D. Flies, vlies.


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Phytophthora infestans

... think) might have holes small enough to allow them to be used as protective cover for potato plants. I already know (I think) that horticultuaral fleece is not up to the task but wonder whether some of the commercial products such as the plastic pouches for breads and pastries (Cuisine de France) ...

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by geordief
Fri May 28, 2010 9:31 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Phytophthora infestans
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The Fiber Disease

... when I have returned from my friend's mill small (about 10mm) fairly stiff bright white fibres. They curl around and hide down in the pile of my fleece. I began to think, before the feathers were raised to night that the feathers were a further metamorph of those white ones. It is possible that ...

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by in_the_uk
Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:12 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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Morgellon's or ..........flies, or .......

... to reconstruct parts (module) of an insect, or even entire insect. See video footage. Most dominant module is wing cutticle. A chitin/ resin like fleece. Also frequent are sensing parts like antennae. Fibers seem a translation from mold to wing. From cyano mold expression to insect cutticle. "plant ...

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by RANDY
Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:45 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Morgellon's or ..........flies, or .......
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Morgellon's or ..........flies, or .......

... to reconstruct parts (module) of an insect, or even entire insect. See video footage. Most dominant module is wing cutticle. A chitin/ resin like fleece. Also frequent are sensing parts like antennae. Fibers seem a translation from mold to wing. From cyano mold expression to insect cutticle. "plant ...

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by tamtam
Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:03 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Morgellon's or ..........flies, or .......
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