woolskinn.
/ˈwʊlskɪn/, U.S. /ˈwʊlˌskɪn/ A sheepskin with the fleece on it.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of sheep
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c1440 J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep 361 The wolle skynnys makith men to rise To gret richesse in many sondry wise.
1482 Acta Audit. (1839) 103/1 Þre hundretht & foure skore woll skynnes.
1531–2 in J. Raine Durham Househ. Bk. (1844) 109 Expenduntur 448 wolskyns.
1533–4 in J. Raine Durham Househ. Bk. (1844) 313 Vocatæ vol~skyngs.
1612 Bk. Customs & Valuation in A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 340 Woll skins the hundreth, xx li.
1643 in W. H. Black Docquets Lett. Patent at Oxf. (1837) 370 Lettres Patentes..for the collectinge of the Custome of wooles hydes woolskinnes..in the Porte of..Southampton.
1903 L. A. Flemming Pract. Tanning 64 Wool~skins are also very cheaply tanned in the following manner.
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- to bring, put on the stage
- to bring, reduce formerly also drive to a nonplus
- to bring, reduce formerly also put to a nonplus
- to bring, reduce to a nonplus
- to bring, shape, turn to shame
- to bring, to draw, to cure to a scar
- to brisk about
- to brisk up
- to bristle up
- to bristle with difficulties
- to broach to
- to broaden one's horizon
- to broaden one's horizons
- to brood on or over
- to brood up
- to brook a name
- to brook a name well
- to brook up
- to brosier my dame or my tutor
- to brother it
- to bruise the water
- to brush
- to brush a thing clean
- to brush a thing over