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Webster 1913 Edition
Camelshair
Cam′els-hairˊ
,Adj.
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
. ☞ Most cameos are carved in a material which has layers of different colors, such stones as the onyx and sardonyx, and various kinds of shells, being used. The classical
cameos
made in Italy are carved on a seashell (see cameo conch
, below), having an olive figure carved from the inner layer of the shell in relief on the white background of the outer layer of the shell. Cameo conch
(Zool.)
, a large, marine, univalve shell, esp.
Cassis cameo
, Cassis rua
, and allied species, used for cutting cameos. See Quern conch
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camelshair
camelshair
English
Noun
camelshair (uncountable)
- (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.