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Wool
(Wool) n. [OE. wolle, wulle, AS. wull; akin to D. wol, OHG. wolla, G. wolle, Icel. & Sw. ull,
Dan. uld, Goth, wulla, Lith. vilna, Russ. volna, L. vellus, Skr. ur&nsdota wool, v&rsdot to cover.
&radic146, 287. Cf. Flannel, Velvet.]
1. The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and
which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; — chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which
constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates.
Wool consists essentially of keratin.
2. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
Wool of bat and tongue of dog. Shak. 3. (Bot.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.
Dead pulled wool, wool pulled from a carcass. — Mineral wool. See under Mineral. — Philosopher's
wool. (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, under Zinc. — Pulled wool, wool pulled from a pelt, or undressed
hide. — Slag wool. Same as Mineral wool, under Mineral. — Wool ball, a ball or mass of wool.
— Wool burler, one who removes little burs, knots, or extraneous matter, from wool, or the surface
of woolen cloth. — Wool comber. (a) One whose occupation is to comb wool. (b) A machine for
combing wool. — Wool grass (Bot.), a kind of bulrush (Scirpus Eriophorum) with numerous clustered
woolly spikes. — Wool scribbler. See Woolen scribbler, under Woolen, a. — Wool sorter's disease
(Med.), a disease, resembling malignant pustule, occurring among those who handle the wool of goats
and sheep. — Wool staple, a city or town where wool used to be brought to the king's staple for sale.
[Eng.] — Wool stapler. (a) One who deals in wool. (b) One who sorts wool according to its staple,
or its adaptation to different manufacturing purposes. — Wool winder, a person employed to wind, or
make up, wool into bundles to be packed for sale.
Woold
(Woold) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Woolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Woolding.] [D. woelen, bewoelen; akin
to G. wuhlen, bewuhlen. &radic146.] (Naut.) To wind, or wrap; especially, to wind a rope round, as a
mast or yard made of two or more pieces, at the place where it has been fished or scarfed, in order to
strengthen it.
Woolder
(Woold"er) n.
1. (Naut.) A stick used to tighten the rope in woolding.
2. (Rope Making) One of the handles of the top, formed by a wooden pin passing through it. See 1st
Top, 2.
Woolding
(Woold"ing), n. (Naut.) (a) The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope, as a mast.
(b) A rope used for binding masts and spars.
Wool-dyed
(Wool"-dyed`) a. Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece-dyed; ingrain.
Wooled
(Wooled) a. Having (such) wool; as, a fine-wooled sheep.
Woolen
(Wool"en) a. [OE. wollen; cf. AS. wyllen. See Wool.] [Written also woollen.]
1. Made of wool; consisting of wool; as, woolen goods.
2. Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as, woolen manufactures; a woolen mill; a woolen draper.
Woolen scribbler, a machine for combing or preparing wool in thin, downy, translucent layers.
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