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 (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Woolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Woolding.] [D.
woelen, bewoelen; akin to G. wuhlen, bewuhlen. √146.] (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.
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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.
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` (?), a. Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction
from piece-dyed; ingrain.
Wooled (?), a. Having (such) wool; as, a fine-wooled sheep.
Wool"en (?), a. [OE. wollen; cf. AS. wyllen. See Wool.] [Written also
woollen.]