English English Dictionary

One who wooes; one who courts or solicits in love; a suitor.

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

Texture; cloth; as, a pall of softest woof.

The European blackbird.

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

The sailfish.

of Woo

In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness.

Woke.

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.

Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.

A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.

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

A trade market in the woolen districts.

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.

of Woold

A stick used to tighten the rope in woolding.

One of the handles of the top, formed by a wooden pin passing through it. See 1st Top, 2.

of Woold

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