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  • Wool — is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells, called follicles, [Australian Wool Corporation, Australian Wool Classing, Raw Wool Services, 1990] of animals in the Caprinae family, principally sheep, but the hair of certain species of… …   Wikipedia

  • 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

  • wool — /wʊl / (say wool) noun 1. the fine, soft, curly hair, characterised by minute, overlapping surface scales, to which its felting property is mainly due, that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, that of sheep constituting one of… …  

  • Wool classing — Classing redirects here. For other uses, see Classification (disambiguation). Parts of a Merino fleece …   Wikipedia

  • wool — n. 1 fine soft wavy hair from the fleece of sheep, goats, etc. 2 a yarn produced from this hair. b cloth or clothing made from it. 3 any of various wool like substances (steel wool). 4 soft short under fur or down. 5 colloq. a person s hair, esp …   Useful english dictionary

  • wool — noun (U) 1 the soft thick hair that sheep and some goats have on their body 2 material made from wool: Is this coat wool? | wool jacket/carpet/blanket etc: a pure wool skirt 3 thread made from wool that you use for knitting knit 1 (1) clothes 4… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • wool clip — /ˈwʊl klɪp/ (say wool klip) noun the amount of wool yielded from the annual shearing season (by a station, district, etc.): *The talk ran on points of rain, the price fetched by the last wool clip, that bad crossing over the Fitzroy River; and… …  

  • wool-gathering — /ˈwʊl gæðərɪŋ / (say wool gadhuhring) noun 1. indulgence in desultory fancies or a fit of abstraction; idle speculation. 2. gathering of the tufts of wool as caught on bushes, etc., by passing sheep. –adjective 3. inattentive; abstracted. –wool… …  

  • Wool Exchange —    On the east side of Basinghall Street at Nos. 24 and 26 (P.O.. Directory). In Bassishaw Ward.    Erected 1874.    Large offices, chambers, etc., occupying the site of what was formally Sambrook. Court, Basinghall Street (q.v.) …   Dictionary of London

  • steel wool — noun a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive • Syn: ↑wire wool • Hypernyms: ↑abrasive, ↑abradant, ↑abrasive material * * * noun : an abrasive material composed of long fine steel shavings and used especially for scouring and burnishing * …   Useful english dictionary

  • dyed-in-the-wool — adj entrenched, inveterate, deep rooted, diehard, established, long standing, settled, fixed, hard core, hardened, inflexible, unchangeable, uncompromising, unshak(e)able, through and through, thorough, confirmed, complete, card carrying ≠… …   Useful english dictionary

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