shaggy wool

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• wool — [wool] n. [ME wolle < OE wull, akin to Ger wolle < IE base * wel , hair, wool, grass > L villus, shaggy hair, vellus, fleece, lana, wool, Gr lēnos, wool] 1. a) the soft, curly or crisp hair of sheep b) the hair of some other animals, as… …   English World dictionary

• Shaggy — Shag gy, a. [Compar. {Shaggier}; superl. {Shaggiest}.] [From {Shag}, n.] Rough with long hair or wool. [1913 Webster] About his shoulders hangs the shaggy skin. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Rough; rugged; jaggy. Milton. [1913 Webster] [A rill] that… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• shaggy — [shag′ē] adj. shaggier, shaggiest 1. covered with or having long, coarse hair or wool 2. carelessly groomed; unkempt 3. of tangled, coarse growth; straggly; scrubby 4. having a rough nap or surface shaggily adv. shagginess n …   English World dictionary

• shaggy — adjective a) Rough with long or thick hair, fur or wool; unshaven, ungroomed, or unbrushed. They waited until Dorothy awoke the next morning. The little girl was quite frightened when she saw the great pile of shaggy wolves, but the Tin Woodman… …   Wiktionary

• shaggy — shag·gy (shagґe) 1. covered with, having, or resembling rough long hair or wool. 2. having a rough texture or surface or hairlike processes …   Medical dictionary

• shaggy — a. 1. Rough (with long hair or wool). 2. Rough, rugged …   New dictionary of synonyms

• vicuña — [vī kyo͞o′nyə, vī kyo͞onə] n. pl. vicuñas or vicuña [Sp < Quechua wikúña] 1. a small llama (Lama vicugna) with soft, shaggy wool, found wild in the Andes 2. this wool 3. a fabric made from it or in imitation of it …   English World dictionary

• Shaggier — Shaggy Shag gy, a. [Compar. {Shaggier}; superl. {Shaggiest}.] [From {Shag}, n.] Rough with long hair or wool. [1913 Webster] About his shoulders hangs the shaggy skin. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Rough; rugged; jaggy. Milton. [1913 Webster] [A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Shaggiest — Shaggy Shag gy, a. [Compar. {Shaggier}; superl. {Shaggiest}.] [From {Shag}, n.] Rough with long hair or wool. [1913 Webster] About his shoulders hangs the shaggy skin. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Rough; rugged; jaggy. Milton. [1913 Webster] [A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• wolverine — /wool veuh reen , wool veuh reen /, n. 1. Also called carcajou. a stocky, carnivorous North American mammal, Gulo luscus, of the weasel family, having blackish, shaggy hair with white markings. 2. (cap.) a native or inhabitant of Michigan (the… …   Universalium

• woolly mammoth — wool′ly mam′moth n. pal a shaggy coated Pleistocene mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, that lived in cold regions across Eurasia and North America • Etymology: 1965–70 …   From formal English to slang