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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

moire

, perh. from Ar.

mukhayyar

a kind of coarse camelot or haircloth; but prob. fr. L.

marmoreus

of marble, resembling marble. Cf.

The long silky hair or wool of the Angora goat of Asia Minor; also, a fabric made from this material, or an imitation of such fabric.

Noun.

The hair of a kind of goat in Turkey, of which are made camlets, which are sometimes called by the same name.