Short Fibers Crossword Clue

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	noun • A short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the preparation of textile yarns. Sometimes it is referred to as 'Raw Silk', although this is somewhat of a misnomer.
	30%	8		Separating long fibers from short fibers
	noun • long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants verb • comb with a heckle
	30%	3		Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short"
	noun • an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code

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New York Times26 Jan 1977	Down 23
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