| 单词 | out of the wool |
| 释义 | > as lemmasout of the wool b. The fleece or complete woolly covering of a sheep, etc.; out of the wool, shorn. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > body and parts of > fleece fleecea1000 woolc1540 wether1879 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of parts of > having a fleece > shorn shorn?1518 out of the woolc1540 shorned1600 two-shear1788 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 161 This whethur and þe wole were wonderly keppit By..Mars. 1550 in T. Phillipps Index Worcester Wills (c1830) 180 Threescore Sheep, to be delivered unto him out of their wool. 1572 R. Sempill Lament. Commounis Scotl. (single sheet) To bring the woll, the skin, and hyde To Edinburgh Towne. 1841 Lady S. Lyttelton in Corr. (1912) 310 Lord S... left town..‘to see the sheep just out of the wool after shearing.’ < as lemmas |
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