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1
covered with or as if with hair
- that gray, cottony spot on the bread is mold
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- bearded,
- bewhiskered,
- mustachioed
- (also moustachioed),
- whiskered
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2
smooth or delicate in appearance or feel
- fluffy, cottony hair
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The first known use of cottony was in 1578
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