GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN THE WOOL TRADE. 
Black wool. — Includes any wool that is not white. 
Braid wool. — Grade name, and synonym for luster wools. 
Br itch wool. — Wool from the lower thighs of the sheep ; Usually the coarsest on the body. 
Carbonized wool . — That which has been treated with a solution of aluminum chlorid 
or sulphuric acid to remove the vegetable matter. Carbonizing is rarely practiced 
with worsted wools. 
Carding. — Consists of opening the wool staples, separating to a certain extent the 
fibers, and condensing and delivering the opened wool in a continuous strand or 
sliver. 
Carpet icool. — Low, coarse wool used in the manufacture of carpets. There is very 
little produced in the United States. 
Combing. — An operation in worsted manufacture which straightens the fibers and 
separates the short, weak, and tangled fibers known as noils from the continuous 
strand of long parallel fibers known as top. 
Come-back. — In America this refers to a wool fine in quality and having more length 
than would ordinarily be expected. In Australia it is the result of breeding cross- 
breds back toward pure Merinos, one of the parents being a pure Merino. 
Condition. — Refers to the degree of oil in grease wool. It largely regulates the 
price. In scoured wool it is used to indicate the degree of moisture. 
Cotted fleeces. — A cotted fleece is one in which the fibers are matted or tangled. 
The cause may be ill health of the sheep or the absence of the proper amounts of 
yolk or grease in the wool. 
Cow tail. — A very coarse fleece, more like hair than wool. 
Crimp. — The natural waAdness of wool fiber. Uniformity of crimp indicates supe- 
rior wool. 
Crossbred tvools. — In the United States the term generally refers to wool from a 
longwool and finewool cross. 
Defective. — Denotes that something will show disadvantageously after the wool is 
scoured. Fire, water, or moths may cause defective wools. California burry wool is 
quoted as defective. 
Delaine wool. — Delaine originally referred to a fine type of women's dress goods. 
Delaine wools are fine combing or worsted wools, from Ohio and vicinity, but not 
necessarily from the Delaine Merino. 
Fcdl wool. — Wool shorn in the fall where shearing is practiced twice a year, as in 
California and Texas. The fall wool is Usually dirtier than the spring clip. It rep- 
resents from four to six months' growth. 
Filling (weft). — Threads that run crosswise and fill in between the warp. 
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 topsy- 
turvy. The opposite of lofty wool. , 
Grease vjooI. — 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 ordi- 
nary 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. 
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