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Abb
·noun Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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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
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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
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Wool-dyed
·adj Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece-dyed; ingrain.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wool-hall
·noun A trade market in the woolen districts.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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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.
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lamb's wool
Apples roasted and put into strong ale.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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
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bulls-wool
n.
colloquial name for the innerportion of the covering of the Stringybark-tree (q.v.).This is a dr...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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
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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
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wool-packs
In meteorology, light clouds in a blue sky.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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.
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Old Wool Quay
Messuage and wharf called the Olde Wollekey in parish of All Hallows Barking, 1518-19, 5 H. VIII. 14...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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lamb's-wool sky
A collection of white orbicular masses of cloud.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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.
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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.