quantity shorn

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• Fleece — (fl[=e]s), n. [OE. flees, AS. fle[ o]s; akin to D. flies, vlies.] 1. The entire coat of wool that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time. [1913 Webster] Who shore me Like a tame… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fleece wool — Fleece Fleece (fl[=e]s), n. [OE. flees, AS. fle[ o]s; akin to D. flies, vlies.] 1. The entire coat of wool that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time. [1913 Webster] Who shore me… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Golden fleece — Fleece Fleece (fl[=e]s), n. [OE. flees, AS. fle[ o]s; akin to D. flies, vlies.] 1. The entire coat of wool that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time. [1913 Webster] Who shore me… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cut — [c]/kʌt / (say kut) verb (cut, cutting) –verb (t) 1. to penetrate, with or as with a sharp edged instrument: he cut his finger. 2. to strike sharply, as with a whip. 3. to wound severely the feelings of. 4. to divide, with or as with a sharp… …  

• wool clip — noun : the annual crop of wool the Australian wool clip * * * the total yield of wool shorn during one season from the sheep of a particular region. [1890 95] * * * wool clip noun A crop of wool from a particular flock of sheep, esp that gathered …   Useful english dictionary

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• shear — [c]/ʃɪə / (say shear) verb (sheared or shore, shorn or sheared, shearing) –verb (t) 1. to remove by or as by cutting with a sharp instrument: to shear wool from sheep. 2. to cut the hair, fleece, wool, etc., from. 3. to reap with a sickle. 4 …  

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