Barathea
a closely woven fabric of silk, rayon, cotton, or wool, having a pebbled surface.
noun
a fabric made of silk and wool or cotton and rayon, used esp for coats
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a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead. an obviously or openly unpleasant or carping remark. botany, zoology. a hooked or sharp bristle. ornithology. one of the processes attached to the rachis of a feather. one of a breed of domestic pigeons, similar to the carriers […]
- Barbarize
to make barbarous; brutalize; corrupt: foreign influences barbarizing the latin language. to become barbarous; lapse into barbarism. to use barbarisms in speaking or writing. historical examples in this age, poverty tends to barbarize men; it shuts them out from the educational influences of our times. speeches, addresses, and occasional sermons, volume 1 (of 3) theodore […]
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a shrub or small tree, jacquinia barbasco, of tropical america, the source of a substance used to stun fish so they can be caught easily. any similar plant yielding a substance that stuns or kills fish. the fish-stunning or fish-killing substance obtained from these plants. historical examples the savanerics poison pools with pounded leaves of […]
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a bolt having barbs for resisting pull.