bulls-wool

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• Wool

  ·noun Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled. II. Wool ·noun A sort of pubescence, or...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Wool

  One of the first material used for making woven cloth (Lev. 13:47, 48, 52, 59; 19:19). The first-fru...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Wool

  was an article of the highest value among the Jews, as the staple material for the manufacture of cl...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Bull's-eye

  ·noun The center of a target. II. Bull's-eye ·noun A small and thick old-fashioned watch. III. Bul...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bull's-nose

  ·noun An external angle when obtuse or rounded. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• bull's eye

  A crown-piece. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bull's feather

  A horn: he wears the bull's feather; he is a cuckold. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bull's-eye

  n. a fish of New South Wales, Priacanthus macracanthus, Cuv.and Val. Priacanthus, says Guenther, is...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• bull's eyes

  n. A coarse sweetmeat mixed with flour, and streaked various colors, greedily devoured by children.-...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bull's-eye

  A sort of block without a sheave, for a rope to reeve through; it is grooved for stropping. Also, th...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Abb wool

  ·- ·see <<Abb>>. ...

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• Wool-dyed

  ·adj Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece-dyed; ingrain. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Wool-hall

  ·noun A trade market in the woolen districts. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Wool Exchange

  On the east side of Basinghall Street at Nos. 24 and 26 (P.O.. Directory). In Bassishaw Ward. Erect...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Wool Quay

  At the south end of Water Lane, east of that lane (S. 44). Earliest mention: "Wolkaye," ".Wolkey," ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• lamb's wool

  Apples roasted and put into strong ale. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• white wool

  Geneva. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• wool gathering

  Your wits are gone a woolgathering; saying to an absent man, one in a reverie, or absorbed in though...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• wool-man

  n. aboriginal mispronunciation of old man (q.v.). 1830. Robert Dawson, `The Present State of Austr...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• wool-shed

  n. the principal building ofa station, at which the shearing and wool-packing is done.Often called ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• wool-packs

  In meteorology, light clouds in a blue sky. ...

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• Bull's Head Court

  East out of Cow Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-L.C.C. List, 1912). See Bloomfield...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Bull's Head Passage

  1) East out of Gracechurch Street at No. 81 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within. Leading in...

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• bull's-eye cringle

  A piece of wood in the form of a ring, which answers the purpose of an iron thimble; it is seldom us...

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• New Wool Quay

  Appointed a place for lading and discharging goods, Act of Parliament, 1559 (quoted by Strype, Ed. 1...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Old Wool Quay

  Messuage and wharf called the Olde Wollekey in parish of All Hallows Barking, 1518-19, 5 H. VIII. 14...

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• lamb's-wool sky

  A collection of white orbicular masses of cloud. ...

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• dyed in the wool

  Ingrained; thorough. The Democrats, on the authority of Mr. Cameron's letter, are beginning to clai...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Custom House and Wool Quays

  South out of Lower Thames Street, east of the Custom House (P.O. Directory). First mention: O.S. 18...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.