CAMELSHAIR

Cam"els*hair`, a.

Definition: Of camel's hair. Camel's-hair pencil, a small brush used by painters in water colors, made of camel's hair or similar materials.

– Camel's-hair shawl. A name often given to a cashmere shawl. See Cashmere shawl under Cashmere.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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18 May 2024

SUNLIT

(adjective) lighted by sunlight; “the sunlit slopes of the canyon”; “violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges”- Wallace Stegner


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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