Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Resembling felt; felt-like.

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  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or similar to felt

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Examples

  • I discovered a shortcoming when the moleskin I'd carefully shaped got scrunched up in my wedge gladiators, leaving a protruding tag of the felty stuff, which I ripped off.

    Wanted for Assault Christina Binkley 2011

  • The pale, felty cups were big enough to hold a pigeon's egg and the "hymenal" inner surfaces were blood red.

    Country Diary: Wenlock Edge 2011

  • I discovered a shortcoming when the moleskin I'd carefully shaped got scrunched up in my wedge gladiators, leaving a protruding tag of the felty stuff, which I ripped off.

    Wanted for Assault Christina Binkley 2011

  • The flowers are large and relatively solitary among the felty foliage, and they are wonderful over a foil of silver stachys or acaena.

    Stunning salvias Dan Pearson 2010

  • I'm going to spin this one up myself to make sure my method doesn't leave it too felty or anything like that.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Presents 2009

  • The tithonia was a real blast from the past – remember my huge 6 foot bushes and wonderful felty leaves.

    Birthday Road Trip-Fall Fun « Fairegarden 2009

  • I'm going to spin this one up myself to make sure my method doesn't leave it too felty or anything like that.

    Presents Knits (...and other things too) Presents 2009

  • Several years ago a purchased plant threw out some seeds and we had one or two of this striking biennial with their felty leaves and vertical stalk of blooms for a short time.

    UT Blooms Days June 2008 « Fairegarden 2009

  • So my Valentine's swap angel package got here today (right on time) and it is super lovely :-) Highlights include: handdyed yarn (very much my color, too), home-brewed lotion (oh god do I need it), cozy felty mittens, and some chocolate bars I haven't tried yet (including a white one, oh joy of joys!

    Aww yay Presents 2009

  • So my Valentine's swap angel package got here today (right on time) and it is super lovely :-) Highlights include: handdyed yarn (very much my color, too), home-brewed lotion (oh god do I need it), cozy felty mittens, and some chocolate bars I haven't tried yet (including a white one, oh joy of joys!

    Archive 2009-02-01 Presents 2009

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