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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

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

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

From Foes by Johnston, Mary

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

From The Story of Wool by Otis, Elizabeth

There are various kinds of hammocks in the market, from the light fibered silk, weighing only a few ounces, to the large corded variety of several pounds weight and capable of holding many persons.

From Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making by Gibson, William Hamilton

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