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Fleece

//fliːs//

Definitions

1
Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
The Sun ſhall change, the Moon to change ſhall ceaſe; / The Gaits to clim-----the Sheep to yield the Fleece, / Ere ought by me be either ſaid or done, / Shall do thee Wrang, I ſwear by all aboon.
2
Insulating skin with the wool attached
3
A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.

1
To con or trick (someone) out of money.
There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t.
2
To cut off the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).

Word Origin

From Middle English flees, flese, flus, fleos, from Old English flēos, flīes, flȳs, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus.

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//fliːs//

1
Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
The Sun ſhall change, the Moon to change ſhall ceaſe; / The Gaits to clim-----the Sheep to yield the Fleece, / Ere ought by me be either ſaid or done, / Shall do thee Wrang, I ſwear by all aboon.
2
Insulating skin with the wool attached
3
A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.

1
To con or trick (someone) out of money.
There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t.
2
To cut off the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).

Word Origin

From Middle English flees, flese, flus, fleos, from Old English flēos, flīes, flȳs, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus.

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During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.

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To cover with, or as if with, wool.