† woollingn.
Obsolete.
1. Combing wool; only in woolling comb.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing wool > [noun] > combing > comb
wool-comba1100
wool card1564
woolling comb1599
comb-card1835
wool-comber1843
1599 in Antiquary (1896) 32 243 One p' of woullinge combes.
2. Coating or lining with wool.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > with specific cloth
woolling1660
baizing-
1660 in Notes & Queries 7th Ser. XII. 67/2 One Richard Bailey, who..is also very skilfull in the Art of Oyling of Linnen Cloath or Taffaty, or Woolling of either, so as to make it Impenetrable.
3. Carrying of wool, esp. illicitly (= owling n.).
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society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > [noun] > smuggling > of certain goods or provisions
owling1698
woollinga1722
gun-running1883
drug trafficking1912
rum-running1916
a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 3 The great number we meit of souldiers all the way begat in us great fears of wooling, yet it pleased God to bring us most safely to Paris.
1764 A. Anderson Hist. & Chron. Deduction Trade (1787) II. 480 The mischievous practice of wooling, as it is vulgarly termed, that is, the running of our English and Irish wool into France.
4. = wool-gathering n. 2.
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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
1705 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. i. 6 When these the Sons of Knipperdoling, Let all their Senses run a wooling.
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