Alpaca (medicine) and favour(1) (iou)

Alpaca (medicine)

alpaca

1. <zoology> An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama.

2. Wool of the alpaca.

3. A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton.

Origin: Sp. Alpaca, fr. The original Peruvian name of the animal. Cf. Paco.

Source: Websters Dictionary

favour(1) (iou)

favour noun. Also *favor. ME.
[Old French favour, -or (mod. faveur) from Latin favor, -oris, from favere regard with good will, rel. to fovere cherish.]
Propitious or friendly regard; esteem, liking. Formerly also, a liking, a preference. ME.
curry favour: see CURRY verb1 5. find favour (in the eyes of) be liked (by), prove acceptable (to).
Sir W. Scott His young Life-guardsman, for whom he seemed to have taken a special favour. Ld Macaulay Rochester..stood high in the favour of the King.
b. Approving disposition towards a thing; inclination to commend, sanction, or adopt. E19.
Kindness beyond what is due or usual; gracious or friendly action arising from special goodwill. LME.
Sir W. Scott I have a friend..who will..do me so much favour.
b. An instance of this; an act of exceptional kindness as opp. to one of duty or justice; euphem. in pl., a woman's allowing of sexual intercourse with her. L16.
Tennyson I came to ask a favour of you. N. Marsh Do me a favour and get the hell out of this, will you?
c. Commerce. A letter. arch. M17.
a. Lenity, mitigation of punishment; a lenient act. Also, an indulgence, a privilege. LME-L18.
Shakespeare Merchant of Venice That, for this favour, He presently become a Christian.
b. Leave, permission, pardon. arch. L16.
under favour if one may venture to say so.
Partiality towards a litigant etc., too lenient or too generous treatment. LME.
a fair field and no favour: see FIELD noun. without fear or favour: see FEAR noun1.
P. Massinger Not swayed or by favour or affection.
Aid, support, furtherance. LME.
in favour of on behalf of, in support of, on the side of, to the advantage of. in one's favour to a person's advantage.
J. S. C. Abbott He begged permission, under favor of the night, to surprise the Bellerophon.
Something which draws affection or goodwill; attraction, Beauty; an attraction, a charm. arch. LME.
Bible (AV): Ecclesiasticus 40:21 Thine eye desireth fauour and beautie. A. Helps It takes away much of the favour of life.
Appearance, aspect, look. arch. L15.
T. Fuller Palestine..tricked and trimmed with many new Cities, had the favour thereof quite altered. W. Rand To learn the favour of his Countenance from his Picture.
b. The countenance, the face. arch. E16.
J. Ray By their virtuous behaviour compensate the hardness of their Favour.
c. A feature. L16-M17.
Something given or worn as a mark of favour, celebration, or allegiance, as a knot of ribbons, a rosette, a cockade, etc. L16.
W. Holtby Paper caps bearing the favours of the Kingsport team. T. H. White The great champion would fight under a favour of her own.
favourless adjective (long rare) E16.

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