(n.) One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the
tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of
flax or of muscle.
(n.) Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a
fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a
plant.
(n.) Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber.
(n.) A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax,
hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures.
A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in
making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this
name.
