wool-gatheringn.

Brit.

/ˈwʊlˌɡað(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwʊlˌɡæð(ə)rɪŋ/

and gerund.

1. The action of gathering fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > picking or gathering other things

wool-gathering1581

mossing1700

acorning1818

cocksfooting1896

turpentining1910

wildcraft1924

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 424 b Your Diuinitie raungeth very much at randon, as if it were strayed and runnyng in some wildernes a wollgatheryng.

1878 E. Peacock in Archaeologia 46 384 Wool-gathering yet goes on in many places even on enclosed lands.

1889 H. Johnston Chron. Glenbuckie xxii. 261 I got it by working for it—hard 'oo'-gathering and hard spinning.

a. In figurative phrase to go (run, be) wool-gathering, formerly always a (or †on, †of) wool-gathering: to indulge in wandering fancies or purposeless thinking; to be in a dreamy or absent-minded state: said esp. of ‘the wits’, etc. Similarly, to send or set (a) wool-gathering.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > indulge in daydreams [verb (intransitive)]

dream?c1400

saunterc1475

dump1530

to go (run, be) wool-gathering1553

to gather wool1577

reverie1832

reverize1836

Alnascharize1840

daydream1899

mice1984

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > cause to daydream [verb (transitive)]

to send or set (a) wool-gathering1553

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique ii. 59 Hackyng & hemmyng as though our wittes and our senses were a woll gatheryng.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. v. sig. Fff.ij/2 Their mindes goe a woll-gathering.

1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 24^v To busy the wits of his people, for running a woolgathering.

1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders xxxix. 349 This gentle Frier (whose wit was not gone of wool~gathering).

1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 23 If you read them, but marked them not, your wits went on wooll-gathering at that instant.

a1648 W. Percy Cuck-queanes & Cuckolds Errants (1824) iv. i. 46 My Husband..[had] so drawne mee, after him, on woole-gathering, in search of him, as now you see mee.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 41 He..sends his Father-in-law almost a wooll-gathering.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. lxxxviii. 326 That my wits may not be sent a wooll-gathering.

1796 Girlh. M. J. Holroyd (1896) 386 I suppose you thought my Brains were Wool gathering!

1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches I. 13 Sacred Poets have..gone a woolgathering after ‘Ideals’ and such like.

1890 J. Hatton By Order of Czar ii. xii You are wool-gathering a little, eh?

b. Hence, Indulgence in idle imagining or aimless speculation.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [noun] > daydreaming

dreaminga1400

musardryc1450

musardy1481

wool-gathering1608

woolling1705

castle-building1740

aerial architecture1750

Alnascharism1812

daydreaming1816

pipe dreaming1902

1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) v. sig. H2 Ha you summond your wits from woolgathering?

1824 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 279 A great deal of wool-gathering about what it will bring.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. iv. xxvii. 233 There never was such a chap for wool-gathering.

1893 C. Patmore Relig. Poetæ (1898) 90 The crazy wool-gathering which is ordinarily regarded as thought.

Derivatives

ˈwool-ˌgathering adj. indulging in wandering thoughts or idle fancies.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [adjective]

dreaminga1500

castle-building1740

daydreaming1814

daydreamyc1816

wool-gathering1850

head-in-air1880

Walter Mittyish1954

Mittyish1956

Mittyesque1958

Mitty-like1961

1850 Mrs. Stowe in Life (1889) 140 If my wits are somewhat wool-gathering and unsettled.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. i. 11 It was Seth Bede, as was allays a wool-gathering chap.

1893 E. H. Barker Wanderings by S. Waters 259 At those moments when the wool-gathering mind has to be hurried back and fixed upon the sacredness of the ritual.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wool-gathering
释义	wool-gatheringn. Brit. /ˈwʊlˌɡað(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwʊlˌɡæð(ə)rɪŋ/ and gerund. 1. The action of gathering fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > picking or gathering other things wool-gathering1581 mossing1700 acorning1818 cocksfooting1896 turpentining1910 wildcraft1924 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 424 b Your Diuinitie raungeth very much at randon, as if it were strayed and runnyng in some wildernes a wollgatheryng. 1878 E. Peacock in Archaeologia 46 384 Wool-gathering yet goes on in many places even on enclosed lands. 1889 H. Johnston Chron. Glenbuckie xxii. 261 I got it by working for it—hard 'oo'-gathering and hard spinning. 2. a. In figurative phrase to go (run, be) wool-gathering, formerly always a (or †on, †of) wool-gathering: to indulge in wandering fancies or purposeless thinking; to be in a dreamy or absent-minded state: said esp. of ‘the wits’, etc. Similarly, to send or set (a) wool-gathering. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > indulge in daydreams [verb (intransitive)] dream?c1400 saunterc1475 dump1530 to go (run, be) wool-gathering1553 to gather wool1577 reverie1832 reverize1836 Alnascharize1840 daydream1899 mice1984 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > cause to daydream [verb (transitive)] to send or set (a) wool-gathering1553 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique ii. 59 Hackyng & hemmyng as though our wittes and our senses were a woll gatheryng. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. v. sig. Fff.ij/2 Their mindes goe a woll-gathering. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 24^v To busy the wits of his people, for running a woolgathering. 1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders xxxix. 349 This gentle Frier (whose wit was not gone of wool~gathering). 1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 23 If you read them, but marked them not, your wits went on wooll-gathering at that instant. a1648 W. Percy Cuck-queanes & Cuckolds Errants (1824) iv. i. 46 My Husband..[had] so drawne mee, after him, on woole-gathering, in search of him, as now you see mee. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 41 He..sends his Father-in-law almost a wooll-gathering. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. lxxxviii. 326 That my wits may not be sent a wooll-gathering. 1796 Girlh. M. J. Holroyd (1896) 386 I suppose you thought my Brains were Wool gathering! 1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches I. 13 Sacred Poets have..gone a woolgathering after ‘Ideals’ and such like. 1890 J. Hatton By Order of Czar ii. xii You are wool-gathering a little, eh? b. Hence, Indulgence in idle imagining or aimless speculation. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [noun] > daydreaming dreaminga1400 musardryc1450 musardy1481 wool-gathering1608 woolling1705 castle-building1740 aerial architecture1750 Alnascharism1812 daydreaming1816 pipe dreaming1902 1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) v. sig. H2 Ha you summond your wits from woolgathering? 1824 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 279 A great deal of wool-gathering about what it will bring. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. iv. xxvii. 233 There never was such a chap for wool-gathering. 1893 C. Patmore Relig. Poetæ (1898) 90 The crazy wool-gathering which is ordinarily regarded as thought. Derivatives ˈwool-ˌgathering adj. indulging in wandering thoughts or idle fancies. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [adjective] dreaminga1500 castle-building1740 daydreaming1814 daydreamyc1816 wool-gathering1850 head-in-air1880 Walter Mittyish1954 Mittyish1956 Mittyesque1958 Mitty-like1961 1850 Mrs. Stowe in Life (1889) 140 If my wits are somewhat wool-gathering and unsettled. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. i. 11 It was Seth Bede, as was allays a wool-gathering chap. 1893 E. H. Barker Wanderings by S. Waters 259 At those moments when the wool-gathering mind has to be hurried back and fixed upon the sacredness of the ritual. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1553
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