[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wool \wool\ woo^l, n. oe. wolle, wulle, as. wull; akin to
   d. wol, ohg. wolla, g. wolle, icel.  sw. ull, dan. uld,
   goth, wulla, lith. vilna, russ. volna, l. vellus, skr.
   =ur.n=a wool, v.r to cover. root146, 287. cf.
   flannel, velvet.
   1913 webster
   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.
      1913 webster

   note: wool consists essentially of keratin.
         1913 webster

   2. short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
      1913 webster

            wool of bat and tongue of dog.        --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. bot. a sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense,
      curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.
      1913 webster

   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. eng.

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
flannel velvet dead pulled wool mineral wool mineral philosopher's wool 
zinc oxide zinc pulled wool slag wool wool ball 
wool burler wool comber wool grass scirpus eriophorum wool scribbler 
woolen scribbler woolen wool sorter's disease wool staple wool stapler 
wool winder 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

wool
     n 1: a fabric made from the hair of sheep syn: woolen, woollen
     2: fiber sheared from animals such as sheep and twisted into
        yarn for weaving
     3: outer coat of especially sheep and yaks syn: fleece
see also:
woolen woollen fleece 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

100 moby thesaurus words for "wool":
   aralac, avisco, celanese, chemstrand, dacron, dynel, lastex,
   manila, orlon, terylene, velon, vicara, acetate rayon, alpaca,
   angora, bast, blubber, breeze, bristle, butter, capillament,
   cashmere, cilium, clay, cloth, coat, coir, cotton, cushion, dough,
   down, drapery, eiderdown, etoffe, fabric, feather bed, feathers,
   felt, flax, fleece, floss, flue, fluff, foam, fur, goods, hair,
   hemp, horsehair, jute, kapok, lace, linen, llama hair, mane,
   material, merino, mohair, napery, near-silk, nylon, oakum, pelt,
   pile, pillow, plush, pubescence, pubic hair, pudding, puff, putty,
   raffia, rag, rayon, rubber, satin, setula, shag, silk, sisal,
   spandex, spun rayon, stuff, swansdown, textile, textile fabric,
   texture, thistledown, tissu, tissue, tussah, velvet, wax, weave,
   web, weft, woof, worsted, yarn, zephyr

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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.
     
     
see also:
common lisp c run-time types gwm lt;ftp://export.lcs.mit.edu/contrib/gwmgt; 

[5] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

wool
   one of the first material used for making woven cloth lev.
   13:47, 48, 52, 59; 19:19. the first-fruit of wool was to be
   offered to the priests deut. 18:4. the law prohibiting the
   wearing of a garment "of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen
   together" deut. 22:11 may, like some other laws of a similar
   character, have been intended to express symbolically the
   separateness and simplicity of god's covenant people. the wool
   of damascus, famous for its whiteness, was of great repute in
   the tyrian market ezek. 27:18.
   

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