wool, fleece
(noun) outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
wool, woolen, woollen
(noun) a fabric made from the hair of sheep
wool
(noun) fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Wool
A village in Dorset, England.
wool (usually uncountable, plural wools)
The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.
A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep.
Anything with a texture like that of wool.
A fine fiber obtained from the leaves of certain trees, such as firs and pines.
(obsolete) Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
(British, NZ) yarn (including that which is made from synthetic fibers.)
(Scouse) Derogatory term for residents of the satellite towns outside Liverpool, such as St Helens or Warrington. See also Yonner.
• (cloth or yarn): felt, tweed, worsted
• (hair of sheep): goathair, horsehair, qiviut
Source: Wiktionary
Wool, n. Etym: [OE. wolle, wulle, AS. wull; akin to D. wol, OHG. wolla, G. wolle, Icel. & Sw. ull, Dan. uld, Goth, wulla, Lith. vilna, Russ. volna, L. vellus, Skr. wool, Flannel, Velvet.]
1. The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates.
Note: Wool consists essentially of keratin.
2. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled. Wool of bat and tongue of dog. Shak.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants. Dead pulled wool, wool pulled from a carcass.
– Mineral wool. See under Mineral.
– Philosopher's wool. (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, under Zinc.
– Pulled wool, wool pulled from a pelt, or undressed hide.
– Slag wool. Same as Mineral wool, under Mineral.
– Wool ball, a ball or mass of wool.
– Wool burler, one who removes little burs, knots, or extraneous matter, from wool, or the surface of woolen cloth.
– Wool comber. (a) One whose occupation is to comb wool. (b) A machine for combing wool.
– Wool grass (Bot.), a kind of bulrush (Scirpus Eriophorum) with numerous clustered woolly spikes.
– Wool scribbler. See Woolen scribbler, under Woolen, a.
– Wool sorter's disease (Med.), a disease, resembling malignant pustule, occurring among those who handle the wool of goats and sheep.
– Wool staple, a city or town where wool used to be brought to the king's staple for sale. [Eng.] -- Wool stapler. (a) One who deals in wool. (b) One who sorts wool according to its staple, or its adaptation to different manufacturing purposes.
– Wool winder, a person employed to wind, or make up, wool into bundles to be packed for sale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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