merino

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I am satisfied that, except, perhaps, for the region north of Redding, where the winters are cold and the summers have rain and green grass, and where long-wooled sheep will do well, the merino is the sheep for this State; and "the finer the better," say the best sheep men.

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  1. noun Any of a breed of sheep, originally from Spain, having long fine wool.
  2. noun The wool of this sheep.
  3. noun A soft lightweight fabric made originally of merino wool but now of any fine wool.
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  • It has gone with Stratford's place as the top qualifier among 12 for Saturday morning's national semi-final, after five qualifying rounds at Alexandra (merino), Waimate (long-wool), —  ScreenTalk
  • It's a hand-dyed organic merino, and I would call it a chubby dk as it is really almost worsted. —  The Hook and I
  • It's 80\% cotton and 20\% merino, and it comes in a zillion colours. —  web-goddess
  • As if that weren't enough, she produced a gift including eight ounces of luscious merino-silk roving and a pretty knitting book, as well as an original piece of artwork by her daughter M, who is Julie's age. —  The Heathen Housewife
  • In today's age of synthetics, merino is a sustainable fabric: You can bury your Icebreaker in your garden and it will compost. —  CSRwire.com
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  1. Spanish, perhaps from Berber Benī Merīn, name of the tribe that developed the breed, or from Spanish merino, local magistrate (from Latin māiōrīnus, larger, from māior; see major).

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  1. = French mérinos = Portuguese merino, merino (sheep), from Spanish merino, roving from pasture to pasture (said of sheep), from merino, an inspector of sheepwalks, a shepherd of merino sheep, also a royal judge, from Middle Latin majorinus (used in Spain), the head of a village, a steward, majordomo; cf. majoralis, a chief, in Spain a head shepherd, from Latin major, greater, in Middle Latin a head, chief, etc.: see major, mayor.
 

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