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  1. 1. imp. & p. p. of Feel Source: opted
  2. 2. imp. & p. p. / a. from Feel. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A hat made of felt. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To make into felt, or a feltike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. t. To cover with, or as with, felt; as, to felt the cylinder of a steam emgine. Source: opted
  8. 8. n. a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. mat together and make felt-like Source: wordnet
  10. 10. v. cover with felt Source: wordnet
  11. 11. v. change texture so as to become matted and felt-like Source: wordnet
  12. 12. imp. & p. p. or a. from Feel. 1. A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt. Shak . 2. A hat made of felt. Thynne. 3. A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt. [Obs.] To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose. Mortimer. 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 emgine. Source: webster

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