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Many lacked boots and had to resort to bast shoes made from birch bark.
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Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2022
Wyndham wanted to evolve humans past their prime bast, the Beyonders (a group of beings who exist outside the Multiverse and are supremely powerful).
—William Goodman, Men's Health, 6 May 2023
Soaking [the fibers] in water aids in their separation and can soften and improve the quality of the bast.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2020
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Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2022
Wyndham wanted to evolve humans past their prime bast, the Beyonders (a group of beings who exist outside the Multiverse and are supremely powerful).
—William Goodman, Men's Health, 6 May 2023
Soaking [the fibers] in water aids in their separation and can soften and improve the quality of the bast.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2020
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“Bast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bast. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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bast
noun
: a strong woody fiber obtained chiefly from the phloem of plants and used especially in fabrics and ropes or cords
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