Definition of wool

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

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Crepon :: Crepon (n.) A thin stuff made of the finest wool or silk, or of wool and silk..
Borrel :: Borrel (n.) A kind of light stuff, of silk and wool..
Stamina :: Stamin (n.) A kind of woolen cloth.
Stitcher :: Stitchel (n.) A kind of hairy wool.
Teasel :: Teasel (n.) A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth..
Nascal :: Nascal (n.) A kind of pessary of medicated wool or cotton, formerly used..
Lanigerous :: Lanigerous (a.) Bearing or producing wool.
Poll :: Poll (v. t.) To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop; -- sometimes with off; as, to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass..
Combing :: Combing (n.) The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool..
Rep :: Rep (a.) Formed with a surface closely corded, or ribbed transversely; -- applied to textile fabrics of silk or wool; as, rep silk..
Anthrenus :: Anthrenus (n.) A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common museum pest is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariae. The larvae are commonly confounded with moths..
Blanket :: Blanket (a.) A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse..
Owl :: Owl (v. i.) To carry wool or sheep out of England.
Piecener :: Piecener (n.) One who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing machine in woolen mills.
Fleece :: Fleece (n.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
Woolly :: Woolly (a.) Resembling wool; of the nature of wool.
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..
Trend :: Trend (v. t.) To cleanse, as wool..
Lustre :: Lustre (n.) A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, -- used for women's dresses..
Burring Machine :: Burring machine () A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances..
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