Wool

wool, n. the soft, curly hair of sheep and other animals: short, thick hair: any light, fleecy substance resembling wool.— n. Wool′ball , a ball of wool, such as is sometimes found in a sheep's stomach.— adj. Wool′-bear′ing , bearing or yielding wool.— ns. Wool′-card′ing , the proce of separating the fibres of wool preparatory to spinning; Wool′-comb′er , one whose occupation is to comb wool in order to disentangle and straighten out the fibres; Wool′-comb′ing ; Wool′-drī′ver , one who buys up wool for a market.— adj. Wool′-dyed , dyed before spinning or weaving.— ns. Wool′fat , lanolin; Wool′fell , the skin with the wool still on it; Wool′-gath′ering , indulgence of idle fancies.— adj. dreamy: listle .— n. Wool′-grow′er , one who raises sheep for the production of wool.— adj. Wool′len , made of, or pertaining to, wool: clad in wool, rustic.— n. cloth made of wool.— ns. Wool′len-cord , a ribbed stuff, the face all of wool; Wool′len-drā′per , one who deals in woollen goods; Wool′line .— adjs. Wool′ly , consisting of, or like, wool: clothed with wool; Wool′ly-haired , -head′ed , having the hair like wool.— ns. Wool′ly-pas′tinum , a kind of red orpiment; Wool′man , a dealer in wool; Wool′-mill , a building for the spinning of wool and the weaving of woollen cloth; Wool′pack , the package in which wool was formerly done up for sale: a bundle weighing 240 lb.: cirro-cumulus cloud; Wool′-pack′er ; Wool′-pick′er , a machine for cleaning wool; Wool′sack , the seat of the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords, being a large square sack of wool covered with scarlet; Wool′sey , a material made of cotton and wool.— n.pl. Wool′-shears , shears used in shearing sheep.— ns. Wool′-sort′er , one who sorts wool according to quality, .; Wool′-stā′ple , the fibre or pile of wool; Wool′-stā′pler , a wool-factor: a wool-sorter.— adv. Wool′ward ( Shak. ), in wool, as a penance.— ns. Wool′-wind′er , one who bundles wool for packing; Wool′work , needlework imitative of tapestry.— Wool-sorters' disease (see Anthrax ).— Angora wool , the wool of the Angora goat; Berlin-wool , a kind of fine-dyed wool used for worsted work. [A.S. wull ; Goth. wull a , Ger. wolle , L. villus .]