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Estrich Wool

is the soft down of the estrich, called in French, duvet dʹautriche. It lies immediately under the feathers of the ostrich.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Essex
Essex Lions
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Est-il-possible
Estafette (French; Spanish, estafeta)
Estates
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Estotiland
Estramaçon (French)
Estrich Wool
Estrildis
Estuary
Eternal City (The)
Eternal Fitness of Things
Eternal Tables
Etesian Wind (An)
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