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mohair

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mo·hair  (mhâr)
n.
1. The long silky hair of the Angora goat.
2. Fabric made with yarn from this hair.

[Alteration (influenced by hair) of obsolete Italian mocaiaro, from Arabic muayyar, choice, select, mohair, passive participle of ayyara, to prefer, derived stem of ra, to choose; see yr in Semitic roots.]

mohair
Noun
1. the long soft silky hair of the Angora goat
2. a fabric made from yarn of this hair and cotton or wool [Arabic mukhayyar, literally: choice]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mohairmohair - fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
Translations

mohair [ˈməuhɛəʳ] nmohair m
mohair [ˈməuhɛəʳ] nmohair m
mohair [ˈməuhɛəʳ] nMohair m
mohair [ˈməuhɛəʳ] nmohair m

mohair
n mohair [ˈməuheə]
1 the long silken hair of a type of goat. bokhaar موهير: نَسيج من وَبَر ماعِز أنْجورا мохер mohér mohair der Mohair μοχέρ, μαλλί κατσίκας mohair mohäär موی مرغوز mohair mohair עֵז אַנגוֹרָה अंगोरा ऊन, अंगोरा जाति की बकरी के लम्बे रेशमी बाल vuna angorske koze moher mohair angóraull, móhár mohair モヘア 앙고라 염소의 털 moheris, angorinių ožkų vilna mohēra, Angoras kazu vilna mohair mohair mohair moher mohair mohair ангорская козья шерсть mohér moher moher mohair ผ้าขนแพะหรือกระต่าย tiftik 馬海毛 вовна ангорської кози انقرہ کی بکری کا اون da dê
2 (also adjective) (of) a type of cloth or wool made from it a mohair jersey. sybokhaar لباس من نَسيج موهير направен от мохер mohér; mohérový mohair- der Mohairstoff, Mohair-... μοχέρ de mohair mohäär- پارچه موهر mohair- (de/en) mohair צֶמֶר אַנגוֹרָה अंगोरा ऊन का अंगोरा जाति की बकरी के लम्बे रेशमी बाल के बने कपड़े sukno od vune angorske koze moherszövet mohair angóraull mohair; di mohair モヘア織りの 모헤어직(의) moheris, audinys iš angorinių ožkų vilnos mohēras izstrādājums mohair mohair mohair- moher de mohair (de/din) mohair мохер mohér; mohérový moher od mohera mohair ซึ่งทำจากขนแพะหรือกระต่าง tiftikten yapılmış kumaş 馬海毛織物 виріб з мохеру اس سے بنا ہوا کپڑا یا اون vải nỉ angora


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Her mohair shawl I sold for drink, a present to her long ago, her own property, not mine; and we live in a cold room and she caught cold this winter and has begun coughing and spitting blood too.
 
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