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camel's hair

1

noun

  1. the hair of the camel, used especially for cloth, painters' brushes, and Oriental rugs.
  2. a soft cloth made of this hair, or of a substitute, usually yellowish tan to yellowish brown in color.


camel's-hair

2

[ kam-uhlz-hair ]

adjective

  1. made of camel's hair.

camel's hair

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Now here it seems the Camels hair is taken by Painters for the skin or pelt with the hair upon it.

The mehari is driven through a ring in its nose, to which is attached a rope of camels hair.

All these colonies lodge by families, in tents, covered with a thick cloth made of camels hair.

A camels-hair 804b brush, however, is of no use; you must have a stiff sable brush.

It has to be painted on, after the slides are thoroughly dry, with a large camels-hair brush.

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