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Definition of wool

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Wool (n.) 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..

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Bocking :: Bocking (n.) A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where it was first made..

Woolen :: Woolen (a.) Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as, woolen manufactures; a woolen mill; a woolen draper..

Wool :: Wool (n.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants..

Petersham :: Petersham (n.) A rough, knotted woolen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats; also, a coat of that material..

Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material..

Tamis :: Tamis (n.) A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth..

Drab :: Drab (n.) A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth..

Sagathy :: Sagathy (n.) A mixed woven fabric of silk and cotton, or silk and wool; sayette; also, a light woolen fabric..

Fud :: Fud (n.) Woolen waste, for mixing with mungo and shoddy..

Rove :: Rove (v. t.) To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning..

Hag-taper :: Hag-taper (n.) The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).

Ulotrichi :: Ulotrichi (n. pl.) The division of mankind which embraces the races having woolly or crispy hair. Cf. Leiotrichi.

Lanifical :: Lanifical (a.) Working in wool.

Yolk :: Yolk (n.) An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep.

Clove :: Clove (n.) A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds..

Camlet :: Camlet (n.) A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton..

Rug :: Rug (a.) A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potiere, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc..

Cadet :: Cadet (n.) A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woolwich..

Woolmen :: Woolmen (pl. ) of Woolma.

Rattinet :: Rattinet (n.) A woolen stuff thinner than ratteen.