WOOINGLY
Woo"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness. Shak.
WOOK
Wook", obs. imp. of Wake.
Defn: Woke. Chaucer.
WOOL
Wool, n. Etym: [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. wool, 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. Shak.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: 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.