Cilicious

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cilicious \Ci*li"cious\, a. [L. cilicium a covering, orig. made
     of Cilician goat's hair, fr. Cilicious Cilician, fr. Cilicia,
     a province of Asia Minor.]
     Made, or consisting, of hair. [Obs.]
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           A Cilicious or sackcloth habit.          --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
     [1913 Webster] Ciliform