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eiderdown
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What does eiderdown mean?
noun
- The down of the eider duck, used for stuffing pillows and quilts.
- A quilt stuffed with this down.
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In the same way, the Epeira puts the eiderdown quilting and the taffeta wrapper round a capsule that contains nothing.
And as she snuggled comfortably beneath the eiderdown a sense of restfulness invaded her, such as she had not known before.
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There was a large wooden bedstead on which was a billowing red eiderdown, and there was a large wardrobe, a round table, a very small washstand, and two stuffed chairs covered with red rep.
He requires to be kept warm, but exercise is better for him than eiderdown quilts and silken cushions, and judicious feeding will protect him from the skin diseases to which he is believed to be liable.