woolen

• “Here he wore linen and sipped tepid water, longing for a night spent tucked up by the fire, wrapped in woolen blankets and sipping a proper cup of tea.”

  Archive 2007-07-01

• “As if to acknowledge the significance of the lime catalyst, they call the woolen pouches in which they carry the sacred leaves kuétan yáha, not coca but lime bags.”

  Simon & Schuster: One River

• “In our own Kangra mission we started to produce teazel, which is that spiky plant used in woolen mills for "teazing" woolen cloth.”

  India Today

• “He cut the half-woven woolen from the loom and threw the mingled mass of cloth and yarn in a pile in a corner of the room.”

  The Blue Cat of Castle Town

• “Gee!" she giggled, "after going to bed every night over there muffled in woolen pajamas and blankets till I looked like Peary, a nightie like this feels positively indecent.”

  Lance Mannion:

• “Adventurers "to carry on trade in English woolen cloth, or sent John”

  A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.

• “If the weather is not too cold, and if the animal is in a comfortable stable, the following method may be tried: Have a tub of hot water handy to the stable door; soak a woolen blanket in the water, then quickly wring as much water as possible out of it and wrap it around the chest.”

  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse

• “I think that they have swiped some OTHER girl's box of chocolates, and are planning to eat all the chocolates themselves, then on refilling the box with something hilarious and embarrassing, such as woolen long underwear, thus provoking consternation and discord between the intended recipient and her chocolates-giving beau.”

  A Few Questions - A Dress A Day

• “Bleaching powder cannot be used in bleaching animal fibers such as woolen and silk fabrics.”

  Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades

• “The night air blew in cold and moist, which made my bones ache, though they were not broken; and feeling very sleepy and miserable, I groped about until I Was rewarded by discovering a narrow bed, or cot of trellis-work, on which was a hard straw pallet and a small straw pillow; also, folded small, a kind of woolen sleeping garment.”

  A Crystal Age

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