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istle
[ ist-lee ]
noun
- a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
istle
/ ˈɪ²õ³Ù±ôɪ /
noun
- a fibre obtained from various tropical American agave and yucca trees used in making carpets, cord, etc
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of istle1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of istle1
Example Sentences
See Istle. the tenth letter in our alphabet, developed from I, the initial form j being specialised to denote the consonantal sound, the medial i being retained for the vowel-sound—not universal in English books before the middle of the 17th century.
Mexican fibre, or Istle, is obtained from the agave.
The hard or leaf fibers, including manila, sisal, istle and the New Zealand fibers, all having rather stiff woody fibers, one to ten feet long, are obtained from the leaf or the leaf stem.
Huccum I knows how to chaw terbacca, or to w'istle thoo my teef?
You'll be as keen as a w'istle in a couple o' months.
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