downy
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His earliest memories of fabric were totally sensory, he said, recalling the downy feel of a jamawar shawl at home in Srinagar and the soft warmth of his mother's shahtoosh saris.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024
Disease-resistance abbreviations like A and DM indicate that a plant is resistant to anthracnose and downy mildew respectively, crucial information if your garden has had issues with these.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
"Our hypothesis is that these bladder cells also protect against other plant diseases like downy mildew, a fungal disease which severely limits quinoa yields," says Max Moog.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2023
The Italian government last month allocated a modest one million euros to help grape producers hurt by downy mildew.
From Reuters ● Sep. 15, 2023
But Hermes met me, with his golden wand, barring the way—a boy whose lip was downy in the first bloom of manhood, so he seemed.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
You always must have been a precious sight downier than I thought.
From Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series by Bracebridge Hemyng
Hibermate The interior of this handcrafted sleep mask feels like it's stitched out of the downiest fleece, while the satin exterior slips easily against surfaces so the Hibermate stays put if you toss and turn.
From Time Magazine Archive
And he's the downiest one of the lot!'
From Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The sweetest-scented grasses lined her bower where other soft, furry pelts made hers the downiest couch in all the jungle.
From Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Although not a Yankee, he nevertheless displayed as much "cuteness" under oft-repeated interrogatories as the downiest "down Easter;" feeling what an important bearing his determination would have upon the expected match with Mr. Staunton.
From The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion by Frederick Milnes Edge
One felt one had really got all one wanted, and I would not have exchanged that fire for the best of meals or the downiest of beds.
From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Louisa Jebb
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A Boy Called Bat
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On the Wings of la Noche
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