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/ˈfliːsi/
Adjective
Resembling or covered in fleece.
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Her path was on the briny deep; Yet no white sail propell'd her course, Nor measured oar with graceful sweep Urged her to stem the billow's force; Self-moved, with fleecy track she past, Disdaining in her pride To woo the breeze or shun the blast, Or wait the rolling tide;...
{...} turning to take a last glance into the valley, whence a light mist mounted and formed a fleecy cloud on the skirts of the blue.
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So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
Here the galley paused not at all, but floated easily in the blue of the sky among fleecy clouds tinted with rose.
Adjective
(of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing
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a dress of brushed cotton
a fleecy lining
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napped fabrics