wool packer (wulpak"er)

1. One who puts up wool for the market, as into woolpacks. See woolpack.-2. A tablė having various arrangements for collecting loose wool or fleeces into bundles ready for tying and otherwise preparing for transportation. wool-picker (wùl'pik"ėr), n. A machine for freeing wool from foreign matters by beating it with rapidly revolving blades; a wool-cleaner. wool-powder (wil'pou dér), n. Powder or dust obtained by scraping very dry wool. It is used for mosaic powder-work, wall-papers, etc. woolsack (wul's ak), n. [ He [Warren Hastings] was then called to the bar, was informed from the woolsack that the Lords had acquitted him, and was solemnly discharged. Macaulay, Warren Hastings, In the reign of Queen Elizabeth an Act of Parliament was pa ed to prevent the exportation of wool; and, that this source of our national wealth might be kept constantly in mind, woolsacks were placed in the House of Peers, whereon the Judges sat. Brewer, Dict. Phrase and Fable. In front of the throne were the woolsacks on which the judges sat, and the table for the clerks and other officers of parliament. Stubbs, Const. Hist., § 425.