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cil⋅ice

  [sil-is]
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–noun
1. a garment of haircloth formerly worn by monks; a hair shirt.
2. haircloth.
Origin:
bef. 950; < MF; r. OE cilic < L cilicium < Gk kilíkion, neut. of kilíkios Cilician, so called because first made of Cilician goathair
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hair⋅cloth

  [hair-klawth, -kloth]
–noun
cloth of hair from the manes and tails of horses, woven with a cotton warp, and used for interlinings of clothes, upholstery, etc.
Also called cilice.

Origin:
1490–1500; hair + cloth
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cil·ice   (sĭl'ĭs)   
n.  A coarse cloth; haircloth.

[French, from Latin cilicium, a covering made of Cilician goat's hair, from Cilicia.]
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