wools
plural of wool
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
26 March 2025
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