Definition of Wolly
Wool"ly, a. 1.
Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly
fleece.
2. Resembling wool; of the nature of wool.
"My fleece of woolly hair." Shak.
3. Clothed with wool. "Woolly
breeders." Shak.
4. (Bot.) Clothed with a fine, curly
pubescence resembling wool.
Woolly bear (Zoöl.), the hairy larva
of several species of bombycid moths. The most common species in the United
States are the salt-marsh caterpillar (see under Salt), the black
and red woolly bear, or larva of the Isabella moth (see Illust.,
under Isabella Moth), and the yellow woolly bear, or larva of the
American ermine moth (Spilosoma Virginica). -- Woolly
butt (Bot.), an Australian tree (Eucalyptus
longifolia), so named because of its fibrous bark. --
Woolly louse (Zoöl.), a plant louse
(Schizoneura, or Erisoma, lanigera) which is often very injurious to
the apple tree. It is covered with a dense coat of white filaments somewhat
resembling fine wool or cotton. In exists in two forms, one of which
infests the roots, the other the branches. See Illust. under
Blight. -- Woolly macaco (Zoöl.),
the mongoose lemur. -- Woolly maki
(Zoöl.), a long-tailed lemur (Indris laniger) native
of Madagascar, having fur somewhat like wool; -- called also avahi,
and woolly lemur. -- Woolly monkey
(Zoöl.), any South American monkey of the genus
Lagothrix, as the caparro. -- Woolly
rhinoceros (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros
(Rhinoceros tichorhinus) which inhabited the arctic regions, and was
covered with a dense coat of woolly hair. It has been found frozen in the
ice of Siberia, with the flesh and hair well preserved.
Wool"ly, a. 1.
Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly
fleece.
2. Resembling wool; of the nature of wool.
"My fleece of woolly hair." Shak.
3. Clothed with wool. "Woolly
breeders." Shak.
4. (Bot.) Clothed with a fine, curly
pubescence resembling wool.
Woolly bear (Zoöl.), the hairy larva
of several species of bombycid moths. The most common species in the United
States are the salt-marsh caterpillar (see under Salt), the black
and red woolly bear, or larva of the Isabella moth (see Illust.,
under Isabella Moth), and the yellow woolly bear, or larva of the
American ermine moth (Spilosoma Virginica). -- Woolly
butt (Bot.), an Australian tree (Eucalyptus
longifolia), so named because of its fibrous bark. --
Woolly louse (Zoöl.), a plant louse
(Schizoneura, or Erisoma, lanigera) which is often very injurious to
the apple tree. It is covered with a dense coat of white filaments somewhat
resembling fine wool or cotton. In exists in two forms, one of which
infests the roots, the other the branches. See Illust. under
Blight. -- Woolly macaco (Zoöl.),
the mongoose lemur. -- Woolly maki
(Zoöl.), a long-tailed lemur (Indris laniger) native
of Madagascar, having fur somewhat like wool; -- called also avahi,
and woolly lemur. -- Woolly monkey
(Zoöl.), any South American monkey of the genus
Lagothrix, as the caparro. -- Woolly
rhinoceros (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros
(Rhinoceros tichorhinus) which inhabited the arctic regions, and was
covered with a dense coat of woolly hair. It has been found frozen in the
ice of Siberia, with the flesh and hair well preserved.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Made of wool.
- Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
woolly hair
- (figurative) Of thinking, principles, etc, based on emotion rather than logic.
That's the sort of woolly thinking that causes wars to start.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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