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Webster 1913 Edition


Wool-dyed

Wool′-dyedˊ

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Adj.
Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece-dyed; ingrain.

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wool-dyed

wool-dyed

English

Adjective

wool-dyed (not comparable)

  1. Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece-dyed.
  2. (figuratively) dyed in the wool; set in one's ways; steadfast
    • 1868, Henry Mills Alden
      a wool-dyed Baptist