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English

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A sheep being shorn for its wool.

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishwolle, fromOld Englishwull, fromProto-West Germanic*wullu, fromProto-Germanic*wullō, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

Cognates

Cognate withSaterland FrisianWulle,German Low GermanWull,Dutchwol,GermanWolle,Norwegianull; alsoWelshgwlân,Latinlāna,Lithuanianvi̇̀lna,Russianво́лос(vólos),Slovakvlna,Bulgarianвлас(vlas),Albanianlesh(“wool, hair, fleece”).Doublet oflana.

The vowel developmentu →o →oo is purely graphical. Modern English generally avoids the string ‹wu› in favour of ‹wo›, and the resultingwoll was then altered towool (as supposedly better representing the pronunciation).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wool (usuallyuncountable,pluralwools)

  2. Thehair of thesheep,llama and some otherruminants.
    • 2006, Nigel Guy Wilson,Ancient Greece, page692:
      The sheep were caught and plucked, because shears had not yet been invented to cut thewool from the sheep's back.
  4. Acloth oryarn made from such hair.
    • 2009 January 12, Mireya Navarro, “It May Market Organic Alternatives, but Is Your Cleaner Really Greener?”, inNew York Times:
      Spielvogel said wet cleaning also has limitations; while it is fine for cottons and fabrics worn in warm climates, he said, it can damage heavywools or structured clothes like suit jackets.
  6. Anything with a fibroustexture like that of sheep's wool.
    Hyponyms:cotton wool;wood wool;mineral wool,rockwool,glass wool;wire wool,aluminum wool,brass wool,steel wool
    • 1975, Anthony Julian Huxley,Plant and Planet, page223:
      The groundsels have leaves covered inwool for insulation[…]
  8. Afinefiber obtained from theleaves of certaintrees, such asfirs andpines.
  9. (obsolete) Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
  11. (British, New Zealand)Yarn, including that made fromsynthetic fibers.
  13. (Liverpool, derogatory) Awoolly back; a resident of a satellite town outside Liverpool, such as St Helens or Warrington. See alsoYonner.
  15. (slang) Amarijuanacigarette orcigar laced withcrack cocaine.
    Synonyms:wooler,woolie
    • 1991 March 29, “Slow Down” (0:25 from the start), inOne for All‎[1], performed byBrand Nubian:
      The object of your affection is the treetop connection / Where basically you love to smoke yourwools
    • 2003 June 24, “Sabotage” (0:40 from the start), inThe Ownerz‎[2], performed byGang Starr:
      He rocked Caesar's chains, he pushed Caesar's Range / Smokin' madwools all day, with Caesar's change
    • 2012, Chris Berdik,Mind Over Mind: The Surprising Power of Expectations, New York, N.Y.:Current,→ISBN,page149:
      Lopez said the shooter's name was Lou, known on the street as Wool Lou, because he sold "wools," which were cigarettes rolled up with crack cocaine.

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Descendants

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Translations

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hair of sheep, etc.
cloth or yarn
anything with a texture like that of wool

References

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Further reading

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Cornish

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Noun

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wool

  1. Soft mutation ofgool.

Tlingit

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Noun

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wool

  1. hole
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