Definition of fiber

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Fiber (n.) Alt. of Fibr.

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Arenga :: Arenga (n.) A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm..
Mandarining :: Mandarining (n.) The process of giving an orange color to goods formed of animal tissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring matter, but by producing a certain change in the fiber by the action of dilute nitric acid..
Myoid :: Myoid (a.) Composed of, or resembling, muscular fiber..
Sensori-volitional :: Sensori-volitional (a.) Concerned both in sensation and volition; -- applied to those nerve fibers which pass to and from the cerebro-spinal axis, and are respectively concerned in sensation and volition..
Rough-grained :: Rough-grained (a.) Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque..
Euplectella :: Euplectella (n.) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also Venus's flower-basket..
Scutch :: Scutch (v. t.) To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle..
Sympathetical :: Sympathetic (a.) Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber..
Jute :: "Jute (n.) The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorus olitorius, and C. capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc..
Ceratospongiae :: Ceratospongiae (n. pl.) An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges.
Fascicle :: Fascicle (n.) A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots..
Fibriform :: Fibriform (a.) Having the form of a fiber or fibers; resembling a fiber.
Gunny Cloth :: Gunny cloth () A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus Corchorus (C. olitorius and C. capsularis), of India. The fiber is also used in the manufacture of cordage..
Lax :: Lax (v. t.) Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber..
Lap :: Lap (n.) A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine..
Reflection :: Reflection (n.) The transference of an excitement from one nerve fiber to another by means of the nerve cells, as in reflex action. See Reflex action, under Reflex..
Extensibility :: Extensibility (n.) The quality of being extensible; the capacity of being extended; as, the extensibility of a fiber, or of a plate of metal..
Peat :: Peat (n.) A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations, where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is often dried and used for fuel..
Crocidolite :: Crocidolite (n.) A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers..
Tat :: Tat (n.) Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius, or jute..
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