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De - Pt| English Dictionary: fibre' | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for fibre' | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Tampico fiber \Tam*pi"co fi"ber\ [or] fibre \fi"bre\ A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Fiber \Fi"ber\, Fibre \Fi"bre\,, n. [F. fibre, L. fibra.] 1. One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle. 2. Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant. 3. Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber. Yet had no fibers in him, nor no force. --Chapman. 4. A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures. {Fiber gun}, a kind of steam gun for converting, wood, straw, etc., into fiber. The material is shut up in the gun with steam, air, or gas at a very high pressure which is afterward relieved suddenly by letting a lid at the muzzle fly open, when the rapid expansion separates the fibers. {Fiber plants} (Bot.), plants capable of yielding fiber useful in the arts, as hemp, flax, ramie, agave, etc. | |
| From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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Fibre, MI Zip code(s): 49780 | |
