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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Felt \Felt\, n. [AS. felt; akin to D. vilt, G. filz, and
possibly to Gr. ? hair or wool wrought into felt, L. pilus
hair, pileus a felt cap or hat.]
1. A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool
and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by
rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning
or weaving.
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It were a delicate stratagem to shoe
A troop of horse with felt. --Shak.
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2. A hat made of felt. --Thynne.
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3. A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt. [Obs.]
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To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the
felt be loose. --Mortimer.
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{Felt grain}, the grain of timber which is transverse to the
annular rings or plates; the direction of the medullary
rays in oak and some other timber. --Knight.
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