woogura

[Native Japanese name (7).] (See etym. and def.) woogura-mole, s. Zool .: A Japanese mole, Talpa woogura , like its European congener, but with the snout produced and the fur of a dingy or tawny color. woô-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [Woo.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adj .: Acting as one who wooes; courting. C. As subst.: The act of soliciting in love; courting; soliciting. "His wealth had lavished been, his substance spent, To woo and lose, since ill his wooing sped." Long fellow: Student's Tale . woô-ing-lỹ, adverb . [Eng. wooing ; -ly.] In a wooing manner; enticingly; invitingly; with per IMG:content-1007.png:[blocks in formation] Shakesp.: Macbeth , i. 6. *wol, *wulle, *woule, s . [A. S. under WHETILE.] which in finene somewhat approaches to fur. The distinction between wool and hair is not radical, one being but a modification of the other. Wool is softer, more curled and twisted, and more flexible than hair, and po e es in a much greater degree the remarkable property of felting. The wool of the same ame animal differs much on the various parts of the body; that on the back, shoulders, and sides is the best. According to its quality wool is divided into different sorts, which receive different names. A threefold cla ification into primes, seconds, and thirds is pretty general; but sometimes the wool of a single fleece is divided into as many as ten sorts. Wool is also divided into two cla es, known as short or carding wool, which seldom exceeds three or four inches in length, and long or combing wool, varying in length from four to eight inches. The finest wools are of short staple, and the coarser wools usually of long staple. In the United States the more common grades of wool are largely homegrown; the finer are imported from Australia, South America and South Africa. English-bred sheep produce a good, strong combing wool; that of the Scotch breed is somewhat harsher and coarser. The Saxon merinos have long been considered the most valuable in point of finene of fiber. The wool of the alpaca is superior to the wool of sheep in length, softne , and pliability, and is used for many purposes for which silk was formerly used. The wool of the llama is shorter and more rough. 2. Le strictly applied to some other kinds of hair, and especially to short, thick hair, crisp and curled, like the hair of a negro. "In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog." Shakesp.: Macbeth, iv. 1. 3. Any fibrous or fleecy substance resembling wool; specifically. (1) In Bot .: A term sometimes applied to fine vegetable fibre such as is found within a seed-ve el. [WOOLLY.] (2) Metall .: A slag of iron blown by steam into a fibrous form. (3) The raw material [1.] spun into a yarn or thread, and used for knitting or needlework. [(1).] (1) Fancy wool : The name given to the varie ties of wool used for fancy articles of dre or house decoration. The chief kinds are: Berlin wool, double and single, used chiefly for woolwork (q. v.); fleecy wools; Scotch fingering, for knitting socks and stockings; Shetland wool, fine and tightly twisted; Pyrene an and Zephyr wool. (2) Great cry and little wool : Great noise and disturbance out of all proportion to useful results; much ado about nothing. "Of thine own importance full Exclaim, 'Great cry and little wool!"יי" Wolcott: P. Pindar, p. 135.