Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The paper-mulberry, Papyrius papyrifera. See
Broussonetia .
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Examples
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Clare: It's Thursday afternoon and I'm in the studio making pale yellow kozo paper.
The Time Traveler's Wife Niffenegger, Audrey 2003
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I weigh out two pounds of kozo, tough and resilient bark that must be cooked and beaten, broken and pounded.
The Time Traveler's Wife Niffenegger, Audrey 2003
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Clare: After hours of cooking I strain the kozo and it, too, goes into the beater.
The Time Traveler's Wife Niffenegger, Audrey 2003
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At the entrance the _kozo [u] _ or "boy" hailed her sharply.
The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
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Every day the _kozo [u] _ (man or boy as apprentice) of the utility shop in Asakusa Umacho [u] slowly took down the lantern covered with white paper.
The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
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Skilled hands of maids and youths (_wakashu [u] - kozo [u] _) employed in the house were fast packing these latter into convenient parcels.
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The figure was that of a kozo, an acolyte -- a beautiful boy; and its smile was a bit of divine realism.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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The poem, written by Goldberg after her father passed away, was printed in intaglio on kozo paper colored with earth pigments.
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Edwin Jager's Book Implosion swirls the pages of a Webster's Elementary School Dictionary into a conga drum-shaped sculpture, while Jacqueline Mallegni's Wind through the Mountain (2005) appears poised for flight, with a parachute of handmade kozo paper hovering above a "mountain" of alabaster.
Art Knowledge News 2009
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Revenge of the Fallen used LG phones throughout the movie, so LG and DreamWorks are just scratching each others 'back. kozo lamps: just turn the faucet on and light comes out! wait what? microblogging on twitter is so passé: slate v's flutter offers nanoblogging
technabob 2009
hernesheir commented on the word kozo
(n.) The most common fiber used in Japanese papermaking. Obtained from the mulberry tree, kozo is a long, tough fiber that produces strong absorbent sheets.
August 5, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word kozo
"He laughs. 'I'll never understand why it is that you can build huge sculptures that withstand gale force winds, deal with dye recipes, cook kozo, and all that, and you can't do anything whatsoever with food. It's amazing.'"
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, p 81 of the Harcourt paperback edition
August 8, 2010