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felter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɛltə(ɹ)/

Meanings

  1. A person who works with or makes felt; a feltmaker.
    • Those Spanish Wools for Felters were not Fleece Wools. 1720, John Stow, edited by John Strype, A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, volume 2, page 239, col. 1:
    • This is the mark of an experienced felter and the way to monitor the very subtle changes in the late stages of feltmaking 2007, Christine White, Uniquely Felt, page 77:

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felters Number=Plur lexicographic

felter en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɛltə(ɹ)/

Meanings

  1. (archaic) To clot, tangle, or mat together, such as like felt.
    • His feltered locks that on his bosom fell. 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Fourth Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:

Forms

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feltered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
feltered Tense=Past lexicographic
felters Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
feltering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic