woolder

[Eng. woold; -er.] 1. Naut .: A stick used for tightly winding a rope round another object, as in fishing a spar. 2. Rope- making : One of the handles of the top. [TOP, 8., II. 3.] woôld-ing, pa. par., a. & 8. [WOOLD, υ.] A. & B. As pa. par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: Geog.: A valley near Here ford, England. Wool hope-limestone and shale, s . were more skillful in it than the English of that time. During subsequent centuries unwise legislation, such as limiting the industry to particular towns, retarded its progre ; besides which it was hampered by enactments equally unenlightened regarding wool. [WOOL, T.] Notwithstanding all difficulties, it ultimately rooted itself deeply, and of the textile arts is now second only to the cotton manufacture. It is estimated that over 32,000 varieties of goods are manufactured of, wool. woollen-printer, s . A workman who impre es patterns or colors on woollen or mixed fabrics. woollen-scribbler, s . A machine for combing or preparing wool into thin, downy, translucent layers, preparatory to spinning. ( Simmonds .) wool-len-ette', s. [English woollen ; dim in. suff. IMG:content-1010.png:[blocks in formation] "My fleece of woolly hair, that now uncurls." Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus , ii. 3. 3. Clothed or covered with wool. "First down he sits, to milk the woolly dams." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, ix. 402. 4. Covered with a fleecy substance resembling wool. ( Ben Jonson: Forest; To Pens hurst.) II. Bot .: Of the nature or appearance of wool; covered with long, dense, curled and matted hairs, as the stem and leaves of Verbascum thapsus . woolly-bear, s . Entom.: A popular name for the caterpillar of the Tiger-moth (q. v.). IMG:content-1011.png:[blocks in formation]