GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN THE WOOL TRADE 329 



Fribs. — Short and dirty locks of small size. Dungy bits of "wool. 



Frowzy Wool. — A lifeless appearing wool with the fibers lying 

 more or less topsyturvy. The opposite of lofty wool. 



Grease Wool. — Wool as it comes from the sheep with the grease 

 still in it. 



Hogget Wool. — English term for the first wool from a sheep. 



Kemp. — Not a dead hair, but an abnormal fiber made up 

 entirely of horny material, such as is on the outside of ordinary 

 wool fiber. It will not dye as well as the ordinary fiber and does 

 not possess spinning qualities. 



Line Fleeces. — Those midway between two grades as to quality 

 or length. 



Lofty Wool. — Open wool, full of life. Springs back into normal 

 position after being crushed in the hand. 



Luster Wool. — That from Lincoln, Leicester, and Cotswold 

 sheep. It is known as luster wool because the coarse fibers reflect 

 the light. 



Modoch. — Wool from range sheep that have been fed and 

 sheared in the farm states. The wool has qualities of both regions- 



Noil. — A by-product of worsted manufacture consisting of 

 short and tangled fibers. It i.s used in the manufacture of woolens. 



Off Sorts. — The by-products of sorting. In fine staple or any 

 other grade there are certain quantities of short, coarse, stained, 

 and colored wools. These are the ofl' sorts. 



PicMoch Wool. — Formerly a grade above XXX. Picklock was 

 the product of Silesian Merino blood. There is no American 

 market grade of that name at present; a little of this quality of 

 wool is produced in West Virginia. 



Pulled Wool. — Wool taken from the skin of a slaughtered 

 sheep's pelt by slipping, sweating, or the use of depilatory. 



Quality. — The diameter of the wool. It largely determines the 

 spinning quality. 



Run-out Fleece. — One that is not uniform but much coarser on 

 the Btitch than elsewhere. It may be kempy. 



Shafty Wool. — Wool of good' length and spinning qualities. 



Shearlings. — Short wool pulled from skins of sheep shorn be- 

 fore slaughtering. Also English term for yearling sheep. 



Shivy Wool. — A somewhat broad term. It refers to the pres- 

 ence of vegetable matter in the wool. 



