Wool

n.	1.
	1.	The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; - chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates.
	2.	Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled. Wool of bat and tongue of dog. - Shak.
	3.	(Bot.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants. Dead pulled wool wool pulled from a carcass. Mineral wool See under Mineral. Philosopher's wool (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, under Zinc. Pulled wool wool pulled from a pelt, or undressed hide. Slag wool Same as Mineral wool, under Mineral. Wool ball a ball or mass of wool. Wool burler one who removes little burs, knots, or extraneous matter, from wool, or the surface of woolen cloth. Wool comber a - One whose occupation is to comb wool. b - A machine for combing wool. Wool grass (Bot.) a kind of bulrush (Scirpus Eriophorum) with numerous clustered woolly spikes. Wool scribbler See Woolen scribbler, under Woolen, a. Wool sorter's disease (Med.) a disease, resembling malignant pustule, occurring among those who handle the wool of goats and sheep. Wool staple a city or town where wool used to be brought to the king's staple for sale. Wool stapler a - One who deals in wool. b - One who sorts wool according to its staple, or its adaptation to different manufacturing purposes. Wool winder a person employed to wind, or make up, wool into bundles to be packed for sale.

Noun	1.	wool - a fabric made from the hair of sheep Synonyms: woolen, woollen
	2.	wool - fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
	3.	wool - outer coat of especially sheep and yaks Synonyms: fleece

WOOL - Window Object Oriented Language. A small Common Lisp-like extension language. It claims to be the fastest interpreted language in C with run-time types. Colas Nahaboo . Version 1 is used as the kernel language of the GWM window manager. Version 2 has an object system. ftp://export.lcs.mit.edu/contrib/gwm.

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