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camel-yarn
camel-yarn [In Da. kameelgarn, Du. kemelshaar, Ger. kämelhaar: app. from a mistaken notion: cf. camlet and mohair.] Yarn made from the wool of the Angora-goat, mohair yarn.1670 Bk. of Rates, Yarne Camel, or Mohair Yarne.
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camel's hair
camel's hair Also camel-hair. 1. a. The hair of the camel. (But cf. camel-yarn.)c 1325 Metr. Hom. 10 Wit camel hare was he cledde. Ibid. 41 Al men wist that knew sain Jon, That he hauid camel har him upon. c 1380 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 3 Joon was cloþid wiþ camele heer. 1611 Bible Matt. iii. 4 T...
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camlet
▪ I. camlet, n. (ˈkæmlɪt) Forms: 5 chamlyt, chamelet(t, 5–6 chamlett, 5–7 cham(e)lot, 6 chambelot, 6–7 chamblet(t, 6–8 chamlet, 6–9 camblet, 7 chamolet, camelott, camlott, 7–8 camelot, 7– camlet. [app. immediately from French: Littré cites chamelot 13th c., camelot 16th c.; Cotgr. translates F. came...
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