1. wool - Noun
2. Wool - Proper noun
The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates.
Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress. Frederick Douglass
Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness? Jerome
In any case, I'd rather not deal with such questions, because anyway it's like shearing a pig – lots of screams but little wool. Vladimir Putin
Bad is the wool that cannot be died. Italian Proverb
Little by little the wool becomes a carpet. Persian Proverb
Rather lose the wool than the sheep. Portuguese Proverb