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
process 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'-DR[=I]'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:
listless.--_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-DR[=A]'PER, one who deals in woollen goods;
WOOL'LINESS.--_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, &c.; WOOL'-ST[=A]'PLE, the fibre or pile
of wool; WOOL'-ST[=A]'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. _wulla_, Ger. _wolle_, L. _villus_.]
WOOLD, w[=oo]ld, _v.t._ to wind about.--_adj._ WOOL'DED.--_ns._ WOOL'DER, a
stick used in woolding a mast or yard, or a pin in a rope-maker's top;
WOOL'DING.
WOOM, w[=oo]m, _n._ beaver fur.
WOOMERA, w[=oo]m'[.e]r-a, _n._ a stick for spear-throwing (Austral.).