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2,137 words match “WOO”

WOOINGLY adv.
In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness. Shak.
WOOK n.
Woke. Chaucer.
WOOL n. 3 definitions
Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled. Wool of bat and tongue of dog. Shak.
WOOL-DYED a.
Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece- dyed; ingrain.
WOOL-HALL n.
A trade market in the woolen districts. [Eng.]
WOOLD v.
To wind, or wrap; especially, to wind a rope round, as a mast or yard made of two or more pieces, at the place where it has been fished or scarfed, in order to strengthen it.
WOOLDER n. 2 definitions
A stick used to tighten the rope in woolding.
WOOLDING n. 2 definitions
The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope, as a mast.
WOOLED a.
Having (such) wool; as, a fine-wooled sheep.
WOOLEN a. 3 definitions
Made of wool; consisting of wool; as, woolen goods.
WOOLENET n.
A thin, light fabric of wool. [Written also woollenet, woolenette, and woollenette.]
WOOLERT n.
The barn owl. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also oolert, and owlerd.]
WOOLFELL n.
A skin with the wool; a skin from which the wool has not been sheared or pulled. [Written also woolfel.]
WOOLGATHERING n. 2 definitions
Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design. His wits were a woolgathering, as they say. Burton.
WOOLGROWER n.
One who raises sheep for the production of wool. -- Wool"grow`ing, n.
WOOLHEAD n.
The buffel duck.
WOOLLINESS n.
The quality or state of being woolly.
WOOLLY a. 4 definitions
Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly fleece.
WOOLLY-HEAD n.
A negro. [Low]
WOOLMAN n.
One who deals in wool.
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