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wood-wool en · NOUN

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  1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative spelling of wood wool.
    alt of wood wool
    • If you cannot get hay or wood-wool, several thicknesses of old blankets will do for the nest, and cut-up paper will do for the floor. 2008, Alan Thompson, Claude Goodchild, Keeping Poultry and Rabbits on Scraps, →ISBN:
    • The raw material for wood-wool boards is likely to be 'waste' from other wood processes. 2002, Tom Woolley, Sam Kimmins, Rob Harrison, Green Building Handbook, →ISBN:
    • These individuals also used wood-wool and leaves to Absorb water from the floor or from a container, after which they sucked the water out of the sponging tool. 2011, Robert W. Shumaker, Kristina R. Walkup, Benjamin B. Beck, Animal Tool Behavior: The Use and Manufacture of Tools by Animals, →ISBN:
    • The writer has frequently made use of Hartmann's wood-wool as a dressing in his operations on the brain, and as he also induced a number of colleagues to observe its effect, he can speak from experience. 1894, Medical Summary - Volume 16, page 43: