angora

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It points out that there are many different types of rabbits and identifies eight specific breeds: snowshoe, angora, lop-eared, chinchilla, Dutch,

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  1. A light cloth made of Angora wool, and used for coats and cloaks. The angora of commerce does not now contain Angora wool, but is made of mohair and silk. Erroneously but commonly written angola.

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  • Soft.November fiber from Spunky Eclectic, 100\% Falkland wool in the colorway Pie for Everyone, spun at 10:1 on the wheel as a 3-ply sock yarn, about 16 WPI and 320 yds, given to my sis-in-law for Christmas because these are not my colorsTwo 1oz batts of blended fiber from spinningfishwife, a blend of merino, angora, blue Angelina sparkliness, mulberry silk, and indigo dyed silk, currently being spun as laceweight on 16:1.
  • I don't know whether he's wearing angora or not, but God love him and his ambitions. —  UncleBear
  • If you choose a sweater avoid angora or angora blends as they tend to shed on your jacket and coat. —  WOC PhD
  • It points out that there are many different types of rabbits and identifies eight specific breeds: snowshoe, angora, lop-eared, chinchilla, Dutch, —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • And I also have an angora, my beautiful Santa Bianca. —  Simon the Jester
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  1. from Angora (Turkish Anghūr), modern form of Greek )/Αγκνρα, Latin Ancy¯ra, a town in Asia Minor, giving name to the cat and the goat so called: see also Ancyrene. The name coincides with Greek ἂγκνρα, Latin ancora, a hook, an anchor: see anchor.
 

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