† felteredadj.
Obsolete.
1. In various senses of the verb.
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the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > tangled
tattered1340
unkempt?a1439
dishevelc1450
tatty1513
tautyc1560
feltered1567
dishevelled1582
elf-locked1647
tatted1716
tauted1786
matty-haired1824
tangle-haired1861
draggle-haired1865
tangle-headed1884
waulked1894
natty1974
?a1400 Morte Arth. 2149 Ffacez fetteled unfaire in filterede lakes.
1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 16v Heauie Helmet on thy head, and feltred lockes to beare.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 213 [Her hair is] a feltryd borough for white footed beastes.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iv. vii. 56 His feltred lockes.
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Falter'd, revelled, dishevelled.
2.
a. Having matted hair or wool.
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the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > tangled > having
felteredc1450
tauted1786
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a coat > hairy, furry, or woolly > having matted hair or wool
felteredc1450
c1450 (c1400) Emaré (1908) 540 A fowll feltred fende.
1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades iii. 219 Like a well-grown bell-wether, or feltred ram.
b. filthy-feltered adj. matted or clogged with filth.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > clogged or stuck together with dirt > [adjective]
filthy-feltered1581
gummy1640
cloggy1658
clodded1688
clotted1726
pinny1890
1581 T. Nuce tr. Octavia (new ed.) i. iv, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 167 Griesly Plutos filthie feltred denne.
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