Adjective, : soft, fleecy clouds. From Dictionary.com.
May look to limp in fleecy hose —. From Wordnik.com. [Ode to Joseph Grimaldi, Senior] Reference
And the fleecy clouds are floating in the azure of the sky. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
It is evening, and thin fleecy clouds flit along the heavens. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
It was a sunny morning, with a soft blue sky and fleecy clouds. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy in Her Blue Frock] Reference
Aphrodite when she rose from the sea, veiled in its fleecy foam. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
Dost thou not see fleecy lambs playing on hillsides of ruddy lilies!. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
It was a deep blue, and there were great fleecy clouds floating about. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy in Her Blue Frock] Reference
She had an abundance of soft white hair that waved like a fleecy cloud about her face. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
Overhead a canopy of blue, with here and there a fleecy cloud daintily edged with pink. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheep Eaters] Reference
It seemed to be rolling along the ground, as white, fleecy clouds roll along in the sky. From Wordnik.com. [Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's] Reference
Every cloud that floats has all of its fleecy loveliness limned with a radiant clearness. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
He glanced toward the east, and saw the fog blowing over the water in ragged, fleecy masses. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
There were a few small clouds, whose fleecy whiteness accentuated the clear blue about them. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium] Reference
Inside, swathed in the secrecy of the fleecy folds of mist -- what was happening to the dog?. From Wordnik.com. [The Raid on the Termites] Reference
But as she was drying herself on the fleecy towels she suddenly heard a sound outside her door. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
Lumpu Balong, and looked, on either side, over a vast sea of fleecy clouds which rolled beneath. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
The night was calm, clear, but very dark -- no moon, and the stars dimmed by fleecy cloud strata. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
The shepherd fell into a passion, whistled, scolded, and pelted the poor fleecy amateurs with stones. From Wordnik.com. [Sketch of Handel and Beethoven Two Lectures, Delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Wimbledon Village Club, on Monday Evening, Dec. 14, 1863; and Monday Evening, Jan. 11, 1864] Reference
Her dark hair looked blacker than usual against the fleecy white, and her face was strictly handsome. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls Through New England or, Held by the Gypsies] Reference
The weather was cold, and the sky, thickly covered with fleecy clouds, foreboded a heavy fall of snow. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
Morning showed the sea clear for miles, though a fleecy haze still blurred the southern and eastern horizon. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
Over the shoulder of the huge pyramid to the east there was actual sunshine, and the fleecy clouds were high. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
Here and there a few fleecy clouds flecked the sky, as here and there a snowy patch of canvas dotted the sea. From Wordnik.com. [Belles and Ringers] Reference
A fleecy mist covered neck and arms, and some miracle of a carriage wrapping lay white and soft about her face. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
A strong wind was blowing from the south, the sun shining through a sky dappled with fleecy broken white cloudlets. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
Here and there the cloud edges still flamed in gold, that slowly faded to a fleecy silver-white before the moonlight. From Wordnik.com. [Orrain A Romance] Reference
Behind the seaweed-covered rocks Aristæus concealed himself, while the nymph used the fleecy clouds for her covering. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Myths] Reference
Wool is the soft, curly covering which forms the fleecy coat of the sheep and similar animals, such as the goat and alpaca. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
Virginia creeper at the sea of blue ether where fleecy white clouds were floating, driven eastward by the fresh spring wind. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference
There appeared a column or pillar of fleecy-like cloud which came down close to the ground, and which every one could plainly see. From Wordnik.com. [Quiet Talks on Power] Reference
Now he shot upward as if intending to mount like an eagle in gigantic circles until among the fleecy clouds that floated overhead. From Wordnik.com. [The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck] Reference
The fog which had hung upon the city over night, was swept upward by the sun, and lay upon the horizon in a host of fleecy clouds. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
The material is subjected to this operation several times and is finally delivered in a soft, fleecy condition, ready to be spun into yarn. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
I have seen every ocean — their color, their fleecy waves, their sand white and dark, full of rocks; yet I know little what lies beneath. From Wordnik.com. [Liquid Compass] Reference
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