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fleece (flēs)

noun

  1. the wool covering a sheep or similar animal
  2. the amount of wool cut from a sheep in one shearing
  3. a covering like a sheep's, as of woolly hair
  4. a soft, warm, napped fabric, used for linings, etc.

Etymology: ME flees < OE fleos, akin to Ger vlies < IE base *pleus-, to pluck out > L pluma, a feather, down

transitive verb fleeced, fleecing fleec′·ing

  1. to shear the fleece from (sheep, etc.)
  2. to steal from by fraud; swindle
  3. to cover or fleck with fleecy masses

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