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fibered

American  
[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

There are many large goats, many heavy shearing goats, but there are very few fine fibered comparatively free from kemp goats.

From Practical Angora Goat Raising by

Hemp and flax, its chief vegetable competitors, are both long fibered.

From The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States by Guaranty Trust Company of New York

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

Around her limbs a veil of woven mist Wavers, and turns from fibered amethyst To textured crystal; through which symboled bars Of silver burn, and cabalistic stars Of nebulous gold.

From Weeds by the Wall Verses by Madison Julius Cawein

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