Woolpack

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bag of wool, traditionally weighing 240 pounds.

    "There was a Fellow with a Wen in his Neck, larger than five Woolpacks, and another with a couple of wooden Legs, each about twenty foot high."

  2. 2
    A cirrocumulus cloud.

    "During the following hour, the high white fleecy clouds lowered and congested and grayed into woolpack."

  3. 3
    A charge resembling a pillow or cushion.

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cirruscloudlandcocktailcumulusmushroom cloudnimbus

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"There was a Fellow with a Wen in his Neck, larger than five Woolpacks, and another with a couple of wooden Legs, each about twenty foot high."

Etymology

From Middle English wolpak, wullepak, equivalent to wool + pack.

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