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fibered

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[fahy-berd] / ˈfaɪ bərd /

adjective

  1. (of plaster) having an admixture of hair or fiber.


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Etymology

Origin of fibered

First recorded in 1770–80; fiber + -ed 3

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On the brown walls of the flattened, overlapping leaves of the sturdy fibered guano there was a picture in color of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and another of the Virgin of Cobre.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

You will find them a much larger sheep, and their wool coarse fibered.

From The Story of Wool by Elizabeth Otis

More than that, she breathed a cleanliness of spirit, a lucid peace, a fibered self-mastery passing into light.

From Foes by Mary Johnston

The diaphragm is cut out of finely fibered firwood and is well lacquered to preserve it against dampness.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 by Various

This picture was taken on the range and one can see the fine fibered sage brush on which the goats feed.

From Practical Angora Goat Raising by

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