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The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.

The European blackbird. "The woofell near at hand that hath a golden bill." Drayton.

Having a close texture; dense; as, a woofy cloud. J. Baillie.

The sailfish.

In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness. Shak.

Woke. Chaucer.

Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled. Wool of bat and tongue of dog. Shak.

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

A trade market in the woolen districts. [Eng.]

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.

A stick used to tighten the rope in woolding.

The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope, as a mast.

Having (such) wool; as, a fine-wooled sheep.

Made of wool; consisting of wool; as, woolen goods.

A thin, light fabric of wool. [Written also woollenet, woolenette, and woollenette.]

The barn owl. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also oolert, and owlerd.]

A skin with the wool; a skin from which the wool has not been sheared or pulled. [Written also woolfel.]

Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design. His wits were a woolgathering, as they say. Burton.

One who raises sheep for the production of wool. -- Wool"grow`ing, n.

The buffel duck.