wool

1. n. The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates. Source: opted

2. n. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled. Source: opted

3. n. A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants. Source: opted

4. n. a fabric made from the hair of sheep Source: wordnet

5. n. fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving Source: wordnet

6. n. outer coat of especially sheep and yaks Source: wordnet

7. 1. The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates. Note: Wool consists essentially of keratin. 2. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled. Wool of bat and tongue of dog. Shak. 3. (Bot.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants. Dead pulled wool, wool pulled from a carcass. -- Mineral wool. See under Mineral. -- Philosopher's wool. (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, under Zinc. -- Pulled wool, wool pulled from a pelt, or undressed hide. -- Slag wool. Same as Mineral wool, under Mineral. -- Wool ball, a ball or mass of wool. -- Wool burler, one who removes little burs, knots, or extraneous matter, from wool, or the surface of woolen cloth. -- Wool comber. (a) One whose occupation is to comb wool. (b) A machine for combing wool. -- Wool grass (Bot.), a kind of bulrush (Scirpus Eriophorum) with numerous clustered woolly spikes. -- Wool scribbler. See Woolen scribbler, under Woolen, a. -- Wool sorter's disease (Med.), a disease, resembling malignant pustule, occurring among those who handle the wool of goats and sheep. -- Wool staple, a city or town where wool used to be brought to the king's staple for sale. [Eng.] -- Wool stapler. (a) One who deals in wool. (b) One who sorts wool according to its staple, or its adaptation to different manufacturing purposes. -- Wool winder, a person employed to wind, or make up, wool into bundles to be packed for sale. Source: webster

8. A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs onthe surface of certain plants. Dead pulled wool, wool pulled from acarcass.-- Mineral wool. See under Mineral.-- Philosopher's wool. (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, under Zinc.-- Pulled wool, wool pulled from a pelt, or undressed hide.-- Slag wool. Same as Mineral wool, under Mineral.-- Wool ball, a ball or mass of wool.-- Wool burler, one who removes little burs, knots, or extraneousmatter, from wool, or the surface of woolen cloth.-- Wool comber. (a) One whose occupation is to comb wool. (b) Amachine for combing wool.-- Wool grass (Bot.), a kind of bulrush (Scirpus Eriophorum) withnumerous clustered woolly spikes.-- Wool scribbler. See Woolen scribbler, under Woolen, a.-- Wool sorter's disease (Med.), a disease, resembling malignantpustule, occurring among those who handle the wool of goats andsheep.-- Wool staple, a city or town where wool used to be brought to theking's staple for sale. [Eng.] -- Wool stapler. (a) One who deals inwool. (b) One who sorts wool according to its staple, or itsadaptation to different manufacturing purposes.-- Wool winder, a person employed to wind, or make up, wool intobundles to be packed for sale. Source: adambom

9. n:100 n. a fabric made from the hair of sheep n. fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving n. outer coat of especially sheep and yaks Source: ecdict

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