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1. wǒlled adj.

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(a) Covered with wool; also, unshorn; (b) made of wool, woolen; (c) anat. covered with villi, fibrous.

2. wǒllī adj.

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Covered with villi, fibrous.

3. wọ̄l n.(2)

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Pestilence, disease; wol berende, pestilential, pernicious.

4. wǒlle adj.

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Woolen.

5. linsī-wolsī(e n.

Additional spellings: linsiwolsi, linsi-wolsie, linsiwolsie
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A cloth of mixed woolen and linen threads.

6. wǒl-pak n.

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(a) A large sack for packing wool, woolpack; also, a filled woolpack [1st quot.]; (b) as surname.

7. wǒl-mōnger n.

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(a) A dealer in wool, wool merchant; (b) as surname.

8. wǒllen-ward adj.

Additional spellings: wollenward
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= wol-ward adj.

9. wōle n.

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Naut. A cord, rope, or chain for binding.

10. wille-silver n.

Additional spellings: willesilver
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A customary rent of some sort, or a monetary payment made in lieu of it; ?a rent for or paid in wool [see Cust.Rent in OSSLH 2 41 & fn.8].

11. worsted n.

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(a) Woolen cloth of some kind used for making clothing, furnishings, etc., worsted; also, such cloth as a commodity; also, a certain quantity of worsted fabric [quot. 1428-9]; al worsted, made…

12. wǒllen adj.

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(a) Produced from the raw material wool; consisting of, spun from, or woven out of wool fibers; made of woolen fabric, woolen; wollen cloth (liste, threde, yarn, etc.); wollen and linen bothe two,

13. whēl(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: whele
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(a) A solid disk or rigid circular ring connected to a hub by spokes and attached to an axle of a vehicle or movable structure to facilitate its locomotion, a wheel; also fig. and in fig. context…

14. wǒlle-wẹ̄rī adj.

Additional spellings: wolleweri
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?Burdened by the penitential wearing of wool next to the skin; ?= wol-ward adj.

15. wǒl-ward adj.

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Wearing woolen clothing next to the skin, usu. as an act of penance; gon (walken, wenden) wol-ward, goinge wol-ward.