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.

Wool"en, n. [Written also woollen.] Cloth made of wool; woollen goods.

Wool`en*et" (?), n. A thin, light fabric of wool. [Written also

woollenet, woolenette, and woollenette.]

Woo"lert (?), n. (Zoöl.) The barn owl. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also

oolert, and owlerd.]

Wool"fell` (?), n. [Wool + fell a skin.] A skin with the wool; a skin

from which the wool has not been sheared or pulled. [Written also

woolfel.]

Wool"gath`er*ing (?), a. Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the

imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful.

Wool"gath`er*ing, n. Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or

useless pursuit or design.

His wits were a woolgathering, as they say.

Burton.

Wool"grow`er (?), n. One who raises sheep for the production of wool. —

Wool"grow`ing, n.

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