To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose.
Mortimer.
Felt grain, the grain of timber which is transverse to the annular
rings or plates; the direction of the medullary rays in oak and some
other timber. Knight.
Felt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Felted; p. pr. & vb. n. Felting.] 1. To make
into felt, or a feltike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.
Sir M. Hale.
2. To cover with, or as with, felt; as, to felt the cylinder of a steam
engine.
Felt"er (?), v. t. To clot or mat together like felt.
His feltered locks that on his bosom fell.
Fairfax.
Felt"ing, n. 1. The material of which felt is made; also, felted cloth;
also, the process by which it is made.