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A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.

To tease, or comb, as wool. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.]

A headdress of linen or woolen, that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; -- called also toy mutch. [Scot.] "Having, moreover, put on her clean toy, rokelay, and scarlet plaid." Sir W. Scott.

Soft, like wool that has been teased. -- To"zi*ness, n.

ation; the act of removing from one locality to another. "The transportal of seeds in the wool or fur of quadrupeds." Darwin.

everal species of arboreal warblers belonging to Phylloscopus and allied genera. -- Tree wool (Bot.), a fine fiber obtained from the leaves of pine trees.

To cleanse, as wool. [Prov. Eng.]

One whose business is to free wool from its filth. [Prov. Eng.]

A fabric of woolen, silk, or cotton knitted, or women to resemble knitted work.

A toll or duty paid for weighing wool; also, the act of weighing wool. [Obs.] Nares.

An officer in London whose duty was to weigh wool. [Obs.]

arpet made in Asia Minor and adjoining countries, having a deep pile and composed of pure wool with a weft of different material. It is distinguishable by its coloring and patterns from similar carpets made in India and elsewhere. -- Turkey oak. (Bot.) See Cerris. -- Turkey red. (a) A brilliant red imparted by madder…

A soft and flexible fabric for men's wear, made wholly of wool except in some inferior kinds, the wool being dyed, usually in two colors, before weaving.

A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and devil. See Devil, n., 6, and Willy. Tomlinson.

To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.

The division of mankind which embraces the races having woolly or crispy hair. Cf. Leiotrichi.

Having woolly or crispy hair; -- opposed to leiotrichous.

A lock of wool hanging under the belly of a sheep.

A textile fabric composed of two or more materials, as cotton, silk, wool, etc., woven together.

A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton. [Written also valentia.]