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Definition of Fleece

Fleece
Fleece Fleece, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fleeced; p. pr. & vb. n. Fleecing.] 1. To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool. 2. To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions. Whilst pope and prince shared the wool betwixt them, the people were finely fleeced. --Fuller. 3. To spread over as with wool. [R.] --Thomson.

Meaning of Fleece from wikipedia

- Fleece may refer to: Fleeces, woollen coats of a domestic sheep or long-haired goat, especially after being sheared Polar fleece, a type of polyester fabric...
- In Gr**** mythology, the Golden Fleece (Gr****: χρυσόμαλλον δέρας khrusómallon dérās) is the fleece of the golden-woolled, winged ram, Chrysomallos, which...
- The Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece (Spanish: Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro, German: Orden vom Goldenen Vlies) is a Roman Catholic order of...
- A fleece jacket or simply a fleece is a lightweight casual jacket made of a polyester synthetic wool such as polar fleece. A fleece jacket will typically...
- Polar fleece is a soft napped insulating fabric made from polyester. Polar fleece is used in jackets, hats, sweaters, sweatpants, cloth diapers (nappies)...
- mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts, whose quest for the Golden Fleece featured in Gr**** literature. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king...
- The Golden Fleece is an element of Gr**** mythology. Golden Fleece may also refer to: Golden Fleece (clipper), an 1855 California clipper that caught fire...
- co**** and shed out. Wool's scaling and crimp make it easier to spin the fleece by helping the individual fibers attach to each other, so they stay together...
- Veedon Fleece is the eighth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in October 1974 (see 1974 in music). Morrison recorded...
- and an outer layer. The fleece is composed of an inner coat (80% of fleece), and outer coat that is hair fibers (10-20% of fleece) and kemp (a co****, opaque...
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