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91wool card — noun : a machine with bent wire teeth for carding wool • wool carder noun • wool carding noun * * * wool card or wool comb noun A machine for woolˈ carding or woolˈ combing, separating the fibres of wool preparatory to spinning • • • …
92Wool church — A wool church is an English church built primarily from the proceeds of the mediaeval wool trade. Wool churches are common in the Cotswolds and in East Anglia, where enormous profits from the wool business spurred construction of ever grander… …
93Wool — This animal fiber is derived from the hair of sheep or lamb. Wool fiber dates back 10,000 years when early man in Central Asia discovered that the hair from animal skins, which were already being used to provide warmth, could be formed into… …
94wool */*/ — UK [wʊl] / US noun [uncountable] thick hair that grows on sheep and some other animals a) fibre made from wool, used in knitting a ball of wool b) cloth made from wool. Clothes that are made of wool are called woollen clothes a wool jacket • See …
95wool grease — noun a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool; a mixture of fatty acids and esters; used in some ointments and cosmetics • Syn: ↑lanolin, ↑wool fat • Hypernyms: ↑animal oil • Substance Holonyms: ↑ointment, ↑unction, ↑ …
96wool stapler — noun 1. a dealer in wool • Hypernyms: ↑distributor, ↑distributer 2. a person who sorts wool into different grades • Syn: ↑woolsorter • Hypernyms: ↑grader * * * …
97Wool alien — The term wool alien is used for any plant species whose occurrence at a particular site is due to its having been transported there as a result of the making of wool products, the most common process being that the seed of this plant will have… …
98Wool Exchange, Bradford — The Wool Exchange Building in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England was built between 1864 and 1867. The commission to design the building was given great importance in Bradford and John Ruskin was invited to give his advice. There was a competition… …
99wool — [[t]wʊl[/t]] n. 1) bio the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals 2) tex yarn made of such wool 3) tex a fabric or garment of such wool 4) any finely fibrous or filamentous matter suggestive of the wool of …
100wool oil — noun any oil used to oil wool before spinning • Hypernyms: ↑animal oil * * * noun 1. : any oil used for oiling wool before spinning 2. a. : an oily substance in wool fiber that makes the fiber soft and pliable b. : an oil obtained (as …
