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woolliness|ˈwʊlɪnɪs|
[f. woolly a. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being woolly, in various senses; also concr. a woolly substance.
1597Gerarde Herbal ii. cclix. 634 Leaues..like vnto those of Hygtaper, but far whiter, softer, thicker, & fuller of woollinesse, which wooll is so long, that one may with his fingers pull the same from the leaues. 1721Mortimer Husb. II. 210 The Seed with its Woolliness, beginning a little to rise of its self at the lower-end of the Head. 1785Martyn Lett. Bot. xiii. (1794) 142 The woollyness of the flowers in the Reed. 1824Examiner 307/2 Mr. Fielding's execution is..soft without woolliness. 1856Mem. W. Yarrell p. xvii, He [sc. Yarrell] said that though pretty well he felt a ‘wooliness’ in the brain. 1859Gullick & Timbs Painting 198 A ‘muzzy’, feeble, unpleasant appearance,..technically called ‘woolliness’. 1862M. Hopkins Hawaii 344 The hair is black and waving... Its curl is perfectly free from the woolliness of the African. 1883Hardwich's Phot. Chem. (ed. 9) 152 In attempting to coat a large plate, a wavy appearance, often known as woolliness of the film, is seen at the lower corner. 1883R. Broughton Belinda iv. v, That state of numb woolliness to which yesterday a less portion of labour had brought her. 1894H. O. Forbes Primates I. 204 The woolliness of their under-fur. |