Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WOOD'-WORM, n. [wood and worm.]

A worm that is bred in wood. – Johnson.

WOOD'Y, a. [from wood.]

1. Abounding with wood; as, woody land; a woody region. Secret shades / Of woody Ida's inmost grove. – Milton.
2. Consisting of wood; ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants.
3. Pertaining to woods; sylvan; as, woody nymphs. – Spenser.

WOOD'Y-NIGHT-SHADE, n.

A plant; Bittersweet; Solanum Dulcamara; originally from Europe, but naturalized in North America.

WOO'ER, n. [from woo.]

One who courts, or solicits love. – Bacon.

WOOF, n. [Sax. weft, from wefan, to weave; Sw. väf; Gr. υφη.]

1. The threads that cross the warp in weaving; the weft. – Bacon.
2. Texture; cloth; as, a pall of softest woof. – Pope.

WOO'ING, ppr. [from woo.]

Courting; soliciting in love.

WOO'ING-LY, adv.

Enticingly; with persuasiveness; so as to invite to stay. – Shak.

WOOL, n. [Sax. wul; G. wolle; D. wol; Sw. ull; Dan. uld; Russ. volna; Basque, ulea. Qu. Gr. ουλος, soft; ιουλος, down; or L. vellus, from vello, to pull off.]

1. That soft species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur. The word generally signifies the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates.
2. Short thick hair.
3. In botany, a sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense curling hairs on the surface of certain plants. – Martyn.

WOOL'-BALL, n.

A ball or mass of wool found in the stomach of sheep. – Cyc.

WOOL'-COMB-ER, n.

One whose occupation is to comb wool.

WOOLD, v.t. [D. woelen, bewoelen; G. wühlen.]

To wind, particularly to wind a rope round a mast or yard, when made of two or more pieces, at the place where they are fished, for confining and supporting them. – Mar. Dict.

WOOLD'ED, pp.

Bound fast with ropes; wound round.

WOOLD'ER, n.

A stick used in woolding. – Mar. Dict.

WOOLD'ING, n.

1. The act of winding, as a rope round a mast.
2. The rope used for binding masts and spars.

WOOLD'ING, ppr.

Binding fast with ropes; winding round.

WOOL'-DRIV-ER, n. [wool and driver.]

One who buys wool and carries it to market.

WOOL'EN, a.

1. Made of wool; consisting of wool; as, woolen cloth.
2. Pertaining to wool; as, woolen manufactures.

WOOL'EN, n.

Cloth made of wool. – Pope.

WOOL'EN-DRA-PER, n.

One who deals in woolen goods.

WOOL'FEL, n. [wool and fel, L. pellis.]

A skin with the wool; a skin from which the wool has not been sheared or pulled. – Davies.

WOOL-GATH'ER-ING, n.

An old expression coupled with wits, and applied to an inattentive, careless person. – Burton.

WOOL'-GROW-ER, n. [wool and grow.]

A person who raises sheep for the production of wool.

WOOL'-GROW-ING, a.

Producing sheep and wool.

WOOL'I-NESS, n. [from woolly.]

The state of being woolly.

WOOL'LY, a.

1. Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly fleece. – Dryden.
2. Resembling wool; as, woolly hair. – Shak.
3. Clothed with wool; as, woolly breeders. – Shak.
4. In botany, clothed with a pubescence resembling wool. – Martyn.