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Angora|æŋˈgɔərə|
[modern form of ancient ἀγκῡρα Ancȳra.]
1. A town in Asia Minor, giving its name to a species of goat, and to its silk-like wool; also to a long-haired variety of cat. Also applied to a variety of rabbit having fine white fur and pink eyes; also ellipt. as n., a rabbit of this variety, its fur or a fabric made from it.
1819T. Hope Anast. II. i. 5 Of the things themselves whose appellations he had learnt, he seemed to have no more idea than the huge Angora cat which sat purring by his side. 1833Penny Cycl. I. 511 The bright, silk-like wool of the Angora goat. 1838ibid. X. 223 The Angora cat with its long silky hair. 1849tr. Wyss's Swiss Family Robinson Ser. ii. xvii. 152 Fritz has two magnificent Angora rabbits in his pouch. 1875Ure Dict. Arts I. 177 The first parcels of Angora wool were shipped from Constantinople for England in 1820. 1908J. A. Thomson Heredity x. §4. 365 Hurst paired white Angora rabbits..with ‘Belgian hare’ rabbits. 1927E. V. Knox Awful Occasions 58 The vexed topic of dandelions as a diet for half bred Angoras. 1960Which? Jan. 19/2 Angora, hair from the angora rabbit. Very fine and soft. Angora sheds fibres easily. Ibid. Feb. 39/2 Angora..a fabric made from Angora rabbits' hair with the addition of up to 5 per cent wool to facilitate spinning.
2. The fabric manufactured from the wool of the Angora Goat, at one time commonly called angola.
1867Morn. Star 12 Apr., Fancy boudoir mats in lambs'-wool and angora. |