poil

Like a pearl "-- he pronounced it" poil "--" it can grow in beauty and symmetry and purity and polish only when nourished in seclusion.

The Danger Mark A. B. [Illustrator] Wenzell 1899

And I still say a bonnet a poil is a cooler hat than that one!

TPN :: GDay World 2009

The flute accentuates the bubbles coming off the bottom because of a “poil mousse,” or a roughened “scratch point,” said Maxmilian Riedel, also on hand for the event.

2009 October | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

After all, we were standing pile-poil in the middle of the Rhône, where the wind blows down the valley like a fleet of jet planes, upending anything that isn't anchored to the ground (or at least deeply-rooted, like our vines ... or cemented in, like our home!).

sarcler - French Word-A-Day 2010

At the Casino, beautifully costumed, staged, chorused, in a fair way to becoming what is called an artiste, she is far from that unknown chorus girl, selected by Miguel Covarrubias, who a few summers ago made her Paris debut carried in upside down "à poil," and doing the split.

Beth Arnold: Letter from Paris: Josephine Baker Back in Paris (This Time as a Man) Beth Arnold 2010

Vocabulary la mis-en-bouteille = bottling le potager = vegetable garden le ruisseau = creek un coupe-vent = windbreak, windbreaker le buisson = bush pile-poil = smack, just, exactly le portail = gate l'herbe (f) = grass je ne sais quoi = that certain something un désherbant = weedkiller le raisin = grape

French Word-A-Day: 2010

Vocabulary la mis-en-bouteille = bottling le potager = vegetable garden le ruisseau = creek un coupe-vent = windbreak, windbreaker le buisson = bush pile-poil = smack, just, exactly le portail = gate l'herbe (f) = grass je ne sais quoi = that certain something un désherbant = weedkiller le raisin = grape

sarcler - French Word-A-Day 2010

The flute accentuates the bubbles coming off the bottom because of a “poil mousse,” or a roughened “scratch point,” said Maxmilian Riedel, also on hand for the event.

Charles Heidsieck wants to burst your bubble – decanting Champagne | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

After all, we were standing pile-poil in the middle of the Rhône, where the wind blows down the valley like a fleet of jet planes, upending anything that isn't anchored to the ground (or at least deeply-rooted, like our vines ... or cemented in, like our home!).

French Word-A-Day: 2010

At the Casino, beautifully costumed, staged, chorused, in a fair way to becoming what is called an artiste, she is far from that unknown chorus girl, selected by Miguel Covarrubias, who a few summers ago made her Paris debut carried in upside down "à poil," and doing the split.

Beth Arnold: Letter from Paris: Josephine Baker Back in Paris (This Time as a Man) Beth Arnold 2010