woollenadj.n.
/ˈwʊlən/, U.S. /ˈwʊlən/ A. adj.† 2. Wearing woollen clothing, (a) as a mark of penance (cf. woolward adj.), (b) as a mark of poor or lowly status. Obsolete.
1. † b. Covered with (a fleece of) wool. Obsolete. rare.† c. figurative. Silent, as if padded with wool: said of the feet or footsteps. Obsolete.After Latin pedes laneos or lanatos habere, ‘to have woollen feet’, to walk silently, to move unperceived.
a. Made of or manufactured from wool.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [adjective] > made of or consisting of
woollen1046
fleecy1567
woolly1591
woolsey1839
1046 in Kemble Cod. Dipl. IV. 107 Ic ge-an sancte Æðelðryðe anes wullenan kyrtles.
1376 Rolls of Parl. II. 353/1 File de Layn appelle Wolyn-yerne.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 215 My wyf was a webbe and wollen cloth made.
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 4445 Þe spere carf þorouȝ out As þorouȝ a wollene clout.
c1430 Two Cookery-bks. i. 32 Þen take a quantyte of wollen cloþe.
1556 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 300 Scottis wairis, sic as claith, lynning and woone.
1575 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucolics iii. 9 Nowe doth the Ram, and other sheepe theyr wollen garments drye.
1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 278 Woollen Yarne being within ye prohibition of ye aforsaid Acts.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. i. 13 The woollen coat..which covers the day-labourer. View more context for this quotation
1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 41 Coarse woollen stockings.
1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul i. v. 138 In winter, the people are all clad in woollen garments.
1858 D. Lardner Hand-bk. Nat. Philos.: Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, & Heat (new ed.) 403 A woollen carpet is a non-conductor of heat.
1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted 60 A woollen yarn..is a thread spun from wool in which the fibres are arranged so as to lie in every direction.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [adjective] > covered with
woollen1482
1482 in J. D. Marwick Charters Edinb. (1871) 169 Of the hundreth skynnis, wollin, calfis, gaittis, [etc.]
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent > of footsteps
feather-footed1565
woollen1597
cat-footed1598
soft-footed1603
woolly1631
still-footed1894
1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xiii. 174 Following with wollen feete, but smiting with an arme of iron.
1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. ix. 362 You shall find..woollen pace and iron vengeance.
d. The allusion in the foll. quot. 1600 is uncertain.
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1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 55 There is no firme reason..why he cannot abide a gaping pigge?.. Why he a woollen bagpipe.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing specific material > as mark of penance
woollen1481
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > [adjective] > characterized by > wearing wool next to skin
woolwardc1315
woollen1481
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [adjective]
leasteOE
wokec897
littleOE
lowc1175
eathlyc1200
smallc1275
simplec1300
meana1375
humblec1386
ignoble1447
servile1447
base1490
slighta1500
sober1533
silly1568
unresponsal1579
dunghilled1600
villainous1607
without name1611
woollena1616
dunghilly1616
unresponsible1629
under-stateda1661
low-down1865
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing specific material > as mark of poor or lowly state
woollena1616
1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) cci. 293 By comyn acord of the bisshoppes they cam wullen and barfote in the chirche of our lord.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. ii. 8 I muse my Mother Do's not approue me further, who was wont To call them Wollen Vassailes, things created To buy and sell with Groats. View more context for this quotation
B. n.
a. Cloth or other fabric made of wool or chiefly of wool. Now rare. †to lie in the woollen: to sleep with a blanket next to one. to be buried in woollen: to have a woollen shroud, as required by the Act of 18 & 19 Chas. II for the encouragement of the woollen manufacture.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun]
woollena1300
woola1400
mantling1561
lanifice1626
stuffa1648
woollen-work1866
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > other specific conditions
lulla1450
to lie in the woollen1600
to have or get one's sleep out1685
bundle1781
crash1969
the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > types of burial or entombment > be buried in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > be buried in specific container or covering
to lie, be wrapped in leadc1330
to be buried in woollen1666
a1300 Fragm. 7 Sins 16 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 19 Linin, wollin, glouis and schone.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. i. 18 He hihte þe eorþe to seruen ow vchone Of wollene, Of linnene.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 11112 He wered nouþer wollen ny lynne.
1459 Paston Lett. I. 457 Vesselys or vestmentes of sylke, lynen, or wollyn.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 122 In Winter, they would be clothed with Wollen for taking of cold.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 27 I could not endure a husband with a beard on his face, I had rather lie in the woollen . View more context for this quotation
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 24 His Breeches were of rugged woollen.
1666 Act 18 & 19 Chas. II c. 4 (title) An Act for Burying in Woollen onely.
1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 187 Let 'em damn us to Woolen, I'll never repine At my Lodging when Dead.
1778 D. Loch Tour Trading Towns Scotl. 14 There are several looms employed here..for linens and coarse woolen, adapted for country use.
1791 A. Macaulay Hist. & Antiq. Claybrook 116 An affidavit was sent..of the body having been buried in woolen in Saint Pancras church-yard.
1836 C. Wordsworth Athens & Attica v. 33 Over which he wears a shorter vest of woollen.
1885 A. S. Ballin Sci. Dress 128 Woollen should be worn not only in winter but in summer also.
1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 73 Knee caps..are made of stout woollen or kersey.
b. plural. Woollen cloths or clothes.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > wool
woola1400
woollens1800
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > mullein
feltwortc1000
verbascumOE
Thapsusa1400
mullein?a1425
hag taper1526
high-taper1526
tapsebarbe1526
lungwort1538
torch1552
moth mullein1578
wolleyn1578
woollen1578
hedge-taper1579
wool-blade1585
bullock's lungwort1597
candlewick mullein1597
mullet1597
torch-herb1598
taperwort1601
torchwort1647
Jupiter's staff1664
cow's lungwort1777
shepherd's club1790
woollens1800
flannel-leaf1821
Adam's flannel1828
flannel-plant1849
king's taper1858
torch-blade1861
velvet-dock1863
Jacob's staff1879
shepherd's staff1882
wool-plant1883
shepherd's gourd1896
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > pieces of
woollens1800
1800 J. Stuart in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 577 A great quantity of English goods, particularly woollens, found their way into that country.
1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) ii. 52 Instead of melting under an equinoctial sun in the lightest cloathing,..they were glad to resume their woolens.
1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 53 They grew small sallad by means of woollens, in which the seeds were sown.
1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. II. iv. 82 The exportation of Irish woollens to the colonies and to foreign countries was prohibited.
c. ¶A proposed name for the Mullein, Verbascum Thapsus, formed by substituting wull, woll wool n. for the first syllable (but cf. Middle Low German wullene ‘? verbascum’).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > mullein
feltwortc1000
verbascumOE
Thapsusa1400
mullein?a1425
hag taper1526
high-taper1526
tapsebarbe1526
lungwort1538
torch1552
moth mullein1578
wolleyn1578
woollen1578
hedge-taper1579
wool-blade1585
bullock's lungwort1597
candlewick mullein1597
mullet1597
torch-herb1598
taperwort1601
torchwort1647
Jupiter's staff1664
cow's lungwort1777
shepherd's club1790
woollens1800
flannel-leaf1821
Adam's flannel1828
flannel-plant1849
king's taper1858
torch-blade1861
velvet-dock1863
Jacob's staff1879
shepherd's staff1882
wool-plant1883
shepherd's gourd1896
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxxxi. 118 Mulleyn (or rather Wolleyn).
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 630 Called..in English Mullein, or rather Woolen..and of some Hares bearde.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Woollen. Verbascum Thapsus.
Compounds
C1.
a. General attributive.
woollen-card n.
Π
1612 Bk. Customs & Valuation in A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 294 Cardes called wollen cardes.
woollen district n.
Π
c1890 W. H. Casmey Notes Ventilation 14 In the woollen districts.
woollen-loom n.
Π
1538 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 200 Unum wollenlome.
1565 Burgh Rec. Prestwich 15 Oct. (Maitland Club) 69 Ane volene lwyme.
woollen manufacture n.
Π
1666 Act 18 & 19 Chas. II c. 4 For the Encouragement of the Woollen Manufactures of this Kingdom..Be it enacted [etc.].
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. viii. 146 The Breed is considerably increased..which..will prove much to the Advantage of the Woollen Manufacture.
1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. ii. 294 Various branches of the woollen manufacture have been introduced into Roxburghshire.
woollen-mill n.
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1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 72 At Bannockburn and Stirling, are a few woollen-mills.
woollen-trade n.
Π
1735 G. Berkeley Querist §89 Our hankering after the Woollen-Trade.
1842 J. Bischoff Comprehensive Hist. Woollen Manuf. II. 68 The wool and woollen trade.
woollen-weaving n.
Π
1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. f. 20v [A wife's] principall care should be of Lynnen or of wollen weauing.
1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 119 Other such like stuffes of linnen and woollen weauing.
b. Objective.† woollen-webster n. Obsolete
woollen-dyer n.
Π
1709 London Gaz. No. 4611/4 James Ford of Bow,..Woollen-dyer.
woollen-manufacturer n.
Π
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. ii. 70 Other manufactures, as well as the woollen.
1802 Ann. Reg., Chron. 67 The woollen-manufacturers are incensed at the introduction of new machinery.
woollen scribbler n. (see scribbler n.2).
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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Woollen-scribblers,..machines for combing or preparing wool into thin downy translucent layers.
woollen-spinner n.
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1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted (ed. 2) 61 The object of the woollen-spinner will always be to have yarn in which [etc.].
Π
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. Prol. 99 (MS. T.) Wollene websteris and weueris of lynen.
1638 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1905) II. 170 I, Richard Umpelbie of Linelandes, wollan webster.
woollen-worker n.
Π
1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 287 The arrival from the Spanish Netherlands of woollen-workers.
c. Instrumental and parasynthetic.
woollen-clad adj.
Π
1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 162 The woollen-clad soldiers of Alexander.
woollen-frocked adj.
Π
1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire v. 70 An imperial penitent, standing barefoot and woollen-frocked on the snow.
woollen-stockinged adj.
Π
1907 Daily Chron. 7 Dec. 4/4 Women, thick-booted, woollen-stockinged, flannel-petticoated.
C2. † woollen-going n. Obsolete = woolward going (see woolward adj. b).† woollen-head n. Obsolete a thick-headed or dull person (in quot. attributive).† woollen-witted adj. Obsolete = woolly-headed adj. c.
Woollen Act n. the act of 18 & 19 Chas. II prescribing burial in woollen.
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society > law > types of laws > [noun] > relating to burial
flannel-act1678
Woollen Act1679
burial-law1880
1679 J. Dryden & N. Lee Oedipus Prol. sig. A4v Record it..The first Play bury'd since the Wollen Act.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > wearing clothing made of specific material
woollen-going1493
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > [noun] > wearing wool next to skin as
woollen-going1493
1493 Dives & Pauper (1496) i. xxxvi. 76/1 All they that vse..masses syngynge, fastynges,..wullen goeynge, and such other in theyr wytchecrafte.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]
asseOE
sotc1000
beastc1225
long-ear?a1300
stock1303
buzzard1377
mis-feelinga1382
dasarta1400
stonea1400
dasiberd14..
dottlec1400
doddypoll1401
dastardc1440
dotterel1440
dullardc1440
wantwit1449
jobardc1475
nollc1475
assheada1500
mulea1500
dull-pate15..
peak1509
dulbert?a1513
doddy-patec1525
noddypolla1529
hammer-head1532
dull-head?1534
capon1542
dolt1543
blockhead1549
cod's head1549
mome1550
grout-head1551
gander1553
skit-brains?1553
blocka1556
calfa1556
tomfool1565
dunce1567
druggard1569
cobble1570
dummel1570
Essex calf1573
jolthead1573
hardhead1576
beetle-head1577
dor-head1577
groutnoll1578
grosshead1580
thickskin1582
noddyship?1589
jobbernowl1592
beetle-brain1593
Dorbel1593
oatmeal-groat1594
loggerhead1595
block-pate1598
cittern-head1598
noddypoop1598
dorbellist1599
numps1599
dor1601
stump1602
ram-head1605
look-like-a-goose1606
ruff1606
clod1607
turf1607
asinego1609
clot-poll1609
doddiea1611
druggle1611
duncecomb1612
ox-head1613
clod-polla1616
dulman1615
jolterhead1620
bullhead1624
dunderwhelpa1625
dunderhead1630
macaroona1631
clod-patea1635
clota1637
dildo1638
clot-pate1640
stupid1640
clod-head1644
stub1644
simpletonian1652
bottle-head1654
Bœotiana1657
vappe1657
lackwit1668
cudden1673
plant-animal1673
dolt-head1679
cabbage head1682
put1688
a piece of wood1691
ouphe1694
dunderpate1697
numbskull1697
leather-head1699
nocky1699
Tom Cony1699
mopus1700
bluff-head1703
clod skull1707
dunny1709
dowf1722
stupe1722
gamphrel1729
gobbin?1746
duncehead1749
half-wit1755
thick-skull1755
jackass1756
woollen-head1756
numbhead1757
beef-head1775
granny1776
stupid-head1792
stunpolla1794
timber-head1794
wether heada1796
dummy1796
noghead1800
staumrel1802
muttonhead1803
num1807
dummkopf1809
tumphya1813
cod's head and shoulders1820
stoopid1823
thick-head1824
gype1825
stob1825
stookiea1828
woodenhead1831
ning-nong1832
log-head1834
fat-head1835
dunderheadism1836
turnip1837
mudhead1838
donkey1840
stupex1843
cabbage1844
morepork1845
lubber-head1847
slowpoke1847
stupiditarian1850
pudding-head1851
cod's head and shoulders1852
putty head1853
moke1855
mullet-head1855
pothead1855
mug1857
thick1857
boodle1862
meathead1863
missing link1863
half-baked1866
lunk1867
turnip-head1869
rummy1872
pumpkin-head1876
tattie1879
chump1883
dully1883
cretin1884
lunkhead1884
mopstick1886
dumbhead1887
peanut head1891
pie-face1891
doughbakea1895
butt-head1896
pinhead1896
cheesehead1900
nyamps1900
box head1902
bonehead1903
chickenhead1903
thickwit1904
cluck1906
boob1907
John1908
mooch1910
nitwit1910
dikkop1913
goop1914
goofus1916
rumdum1916
bone dome1917
moron1917
oik1917
jabroni1919
dumb-bell1920
knob1920
goon1921
dimwit1922
ivory dome1923
stone jug1923
dingleberry1924
gimp1924
bird brain1926
jughead1926
cloth-head1927
dumb1928
gazook1928
mouldwarp1928
ding-dong1929
stupido1929
mook1930
sparrow-brain1930
knobhead1931
dip1932
drip1932
epsilon1932
bohunkus1933
Nimrod1933
dumbass1934
zombie1936
pea-brain1938
knot-head1940
schlump1941
jarhead1942
Joe Soap1943
knuckle-head1944
nong1944
lame-brain1945
gobshite1946
rock-head1947
potato head1948
jerko1949
turkey1951
momo1953
poop-head1955
a right one1958
bam1959
nong-nong1959
dickhead1960
dumbo1960
Herbert1960
lamer1961
bampot1962
dipshit1963
bamstick1965
doofus1965
dick1966
pillock1967
zipperhead1967
dipstick1968
thickie1968
poephol1969
yo-yo1970
doof1971
cockhead1972
nully1973
thicko1976
wazzock1976
motorhead1979
mouth-breather1979
no-brainer1979
jerkwad1980
woodentop1981
dickwad1983
dough ball1983
dickweed1984
bawheid1985
numpty1985
jerkweed1988
dick-sucker1989
knob-end1989
Muppet1989
dingus1997
dicksack1999
eight ball-
1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans III. 31 Proving to that woollen-head justice, that we are neither felons nor vagrants, tho' he was disposed to call us so.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective]
sloweOE
stuntc960
dullOE
hardOE
stuntlyc1000
sotc1050
dillc1175
dulta1225
simplea1325
heavy1340
astonedc1374
sheepishc1380
dull-witteda1387
lourd1390
steerishc1411
ass-likea1425
brainless?a1439
deafc1440
sluggishc1450
short-witted1477
obtuse1509
peakish1519
wearish1519
deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520
doileda1522
gross1526
headlessa1530
stulty1532
ass-headed1533
pot-headed1533
stupid?1541
sheep's head1542
doltish1543
dumpish1545
assish1548
blockish1548
slow-witted1548
blockheaded1549
surd1551
dull-headed1552
hammer-headed1552
skit-brained?1553
buzzardly1561
witless1562
log-headeda1566
assy1566
sottish1566
dastardly1567
stupidious1567
beetle-headed1570
calvish1570
bluntish1578
cod's-headed1578
grout-headed1578
bedaft1579
dull-pated1580
blate1581
buzzard-like1581
long-eared1582
dullard1583
woodena1586
duncical1588
leaden-headed1589
buzzard1592
dorbellical1592
dunstical1592
heavy-headeda1593
shallow-brained1592
blunt-witted1594
mossy1597
Bœotian1598
clay-brained1598
fat1598
fat-witted1598
knotty-pated1598
stupidous1598
wit-lost1599
barren1600
duncifiedc1600
lourdish1600
stockish1600
thick1600
booby1603
leaden-pated1603
partless1603
thin-headed1603
leaden-skulledc1604
blockhead1606
frost-brained1606
ram-headed1608
beef-witted1609
insulse1609
leaden-spirited1609
asininec1610
clumse1611
blockheadly1612
wattle-headed1613
flata1616
logger-headeda1616
puppy-headeda1616
shallow-patedc1616
thick-brained1619
half-headed1621
buzzard-blinda1625
beef-brained1628
toom-headed1629
thick-witted1634
woollen-witted1635
squirrel-headed1637
clod-pated1639
lean-souled1639
muddy-headed1642
leaden-witteda1645
as sad as any mallet1645
under-headed1646
fat-headed1647
half-witted1647
insipid1651
insulsate1652
soft-headed1653
thick-skulleda1657
muddish1658
non-intelligent1659
whey-brained1660
sap-headed1665
timber-headed1666
leather-headeda1668
out of (one's) tree1669
boobily1673
thoughtless1673
lourdly1674
logger1675
unintelligenta1676
Bœotic1678
chicken-brained1678
under-witted1683
loggerhead1684
dunderheaded1692
unintelligible1694
buffle-headed1697
crassicc1700
numbskulled1707
crassous1708
doddy-polled1708
haggis-headed1715
niddy-noddy1722
muzzy1723
pudding-headed1726
sumphish1728
pitcher-souleda1739
duncey1743
hebete1743
chuckheaded1756
dumb1756
duncely1757
imbecile1766
mutton-headed1768
chuckle-headed1770
jobbernowl1770
dowfarta1774
boobyish1778
wittol1780
staumrel1787
opaquec1789
stoopid1791
mud-headed1793
borné1795
muzzy-headed1798
nog-headed1800
thick-headed1801
gypit1804
duncish1805
lightweight1809
numbskull1814
tup-headed1816
chuckle-pate1820
unintellectuala1821
dense1822
ninnyish1822
dunch1825
fozy1825
potato-headed1826
beef-headed1828
donkeyish1831
blockheadish1833
pinheaded1837
squirrel-minded1837
pumpkin-headed1838
tomfoolish1838
dundering1840
chicken-headed1842
like a bump on a log1842
ninny-minded1849
numbheadeda1852
nincompoopish1852
suet-brained1852
dolly1853
mullet-headed1853
sodden1853
fiddle-headed1854
numb1854
bovine1855
logy1859
crass1861
unsmart1861
off his chump1864
wooden-headed1865
stupe1866
lean-minded1867
duffing1869
cretinous1871
doddering1871
thick-head1873
doddling1874
stupido1879
boneheaded1883
woolly-headed1883
leaden-natured1889
suet-headed1890
sam-sodden1891
dopey1896
turnip-headed1898
bonehead1903
wool-witted1905
peanut-headed1906
peanut-brained1907
dilly1909
torpid-minded1909
retardate1912
nitwitted1917
meat-headed1918
mug1922
cloth-headed1925
loopy1925
nitwit1928
lame-brained1929
dead from the neck up1930
simpy1932
nail-headed1936
square-headed1936
dingbats1937
pinhead1939
dim-witted1940
pea-brained1942
clueless1943
lobotomized1943
retarded1949
pointy-headed1950
clottish1952
like a stunned mullet1953
silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954
out to lunch1955
pin-brained1958
dozy1959
eejity1964
out of one's tiny mind1965
doofus1967
twitty1967
twittish1969
twatty1975
twattish1976
blur1977
dof1979
goofus1981
dickheaded1991
dickish1991
numpty1992
cockish1996
1635 J. Shirley Lady of Pleasure (1637) iii. G 1 Course woollen witted fellowes.
a1640 F. Beaumont et al. Loves Cure ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrrrr/2 Thou Wollen-witted Hose heeler.
woollen-work n. †(a) woollen manufacture; (b) = wool-work n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > [noun] > woollen manufacture
wool-crafta1387
wool-workc1475
woollen-work1483
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun]
woollena1300
woola1400
mantling1561
lanifice1626
stuffa1648
woollen-work1866
1483 Cath. Angl. 423/1 Wolland warke.., lanificium.
1866 All Year Round 3 Mar. 189/2 Four young ladies, carrying baskets of woollen-work.
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