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fibre (US), fiber 1. a natural or synthetic filament that may be spun into yarn, such as cotton or nylon 2. cloth or other material made from such yarn 3. Botany a. a narrow elongated thick-walled cell: a constituent of sclerenchyma tissue b. such tissue extracted from flax, hemp, etc., used to make linen, rope, etc. c. a very small root or twig 4. Anatomy any thread-shaped structure, such as a nerve fibre How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Some strength came to him finally from the mere struggle, undirected and misdirected as it often was, and such mental fibre as he had was toughened by the prolonged stress. But other forces had been at work in Rebecca, and the traits of unknown forbears had been wrought into her fibre. With a great crowd of select followers, amongst whom were both the worthy statesmen who had already been there before, he went to the cunning impostors, who were now weaving with all their might, but without fibre or thread. |
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