Definition of Wool

(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.
  

(n.)
Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
  

(n.)
A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.
  

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wool
\wool\ (w&oocr;l), n. [oe. wolle, wulle, as. wull; akin to d. wol, ohg. wolla, g. wolle, icel. & sw. ull, dan. uld, goth, wulla, lith. vilna, russ. volna, l. vellus, skr. ūr&nsdot;ā wool, v&rsdot; to cover. ?146, 287. cf. flannel, velvet.]
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.
3. (bot.) a sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.

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  similar words(38) 

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 wool-dyed 
 wool staple 
 slag wool 
 mineral wool 
 wool sorter`s disease 
 dyed-in-the-wool 
 wool sorter 
 rock wool 
 mestizo wool 
 tree wool 
 virgin wool 
 wool winder 
 to clack wool 
 wool stapler 
 to dye in the wool 
 berlin wool 
 wire wool 
 cotton wool 
 pulled wool 
 abb wool 
 wool-hall 
 pine wool 
 wool ball 
 raw wool 
 dead pulled wool 
 wool grass 
 rag wool 
 wool fat 
 wool grease 
 wool comber 
 pine-needle wool 
 lamb`s wool 
 wool burler 
 wool scribbler 
 hog of wool 
 wool oil 
 long-wool 
 hair or wool 

Origin
From Shakespeare's Macbeth.

olann f.

Blaendocio = v. to beard wool

Gwlan = n. wool

Gwlana = v. to gather wool

Gwlanog = a. having wool

1. nonsense; 2. exclamation of disbelief, disgust, etc.

attractive women

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Noun
1. a fabric made from the hair of sheep
(synonym) woolen, woollen
(hypernym) fabric, cloth, material, textile
(substance-holonym) tweed
2. fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
(hypernym) animal fiber, animal fibre
(hyponym) Shetland wool
3. outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
(synonym) fleece
(hypernym) coat, pelage

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To dream of wool, is a pleasing sign of prosperous opportunities to expand your interests.

To see soiled, or dirty wool, foretells that you will seek employment with those who detest your principles.
  

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one of the first material used for making woven cloth (Lev. 13:47, 48, 52, 59; 19:19). The first-fruit of wool was to be offered to the priests (Deut. 18:4). The law prohibiting the wearing of a garment "of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together" (Deut. 22:11) may, like some other laws of a similar character, have been intended to express symbolically the separateness and simplicity of God's covenant people. The wool of Damascus, famous for its whiteness, was of great repute in the Tyrian market (Ezek. 27:18).

was an article of the highest value among the Jews, as the staple material for the manufacture of clothing. (Leviticus 13:47; 22:11; Job 31:20; Proverbs 31:13; Ezekiel 34:3; Hosea 2:5) The importance of wool is incidentally shown by the notice that Mesha's tribute was paid in a certain number of rams "with the wool." (2 Kings 3:1) The wool of Damascus was highly prized in the mart of Tyre. (Ezekiel 27:18)
  

wool; pith