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Definition of Cotton wool

1. Noun. Soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state.

Definition of Cotton wool

1. Noun. (American English) raw fibers of cotton before being processed ¹

2. Noun. (British) absorbent cotton for medical or cosmetic use etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cotton Wool

Literary usage of Cotton wool

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1847)
"Manufactures of cotton, wool, or linen, or mixed, such as {nine*, brace«, ... 0 5 2j width, per Ib. 058 Silk manufactures mixed with cotton, wool, ..."

2. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1847)
"Manufactures of cotton, wool, or linen, or mixed, such as {nine*, brace«, ... 0 5 2j width, per Ib. 058 Silk manufactures mixed with cotton, wool, ..."

3. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1854)
"The proportions to be used are :— When the cotton wool is allowed to remain ... B. £ part cotton wool Other mixtures of sulphuric acid and nitrate of potash ..."

4. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1854)
"The proportions to be used are :— When the cotton wool is allowed to remain ... B. £ part cotton wool Other mixtures of sulphuric acid and nitrate of potash ..."

5. History of the United States of America Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1882)
"... says that American cotton, wool, and flax manufactures rose till the peace of 1815, so that their yearly value was as high as $45000,- 000; ..."

6. History of the United States of America Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1882)
"... says that American cotton, wool, and flax manufactures rose till the peace of 1815, so that their yearly value was as high as $45000,- 000; ..."

7. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1847)
"Manufacturera of cotton, wool, or linen, or mixed, such as purses, braces, ... 058 Silk manufactures mixed with cotton, wool, linen, or any other material,. ..."

8. The Industrial Resources, Etc., of the Southern and Western States by James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow (1852)
"He informs us that the people of the country, south of Annapolis, in Maryland, were not impressed with any belief of their capacity to produce cotton wool ..."

9. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1885)
"... is claimed from the employment of extract of belladonna, dissolved in diluted glycerine and applied locally upon cotton-wool to the affected joints. ..."

10. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1847)
"Manufacturera of cotton, wool, or linen, or mixed, such as purses, braces, ... 058 Silk manufactures mixed with cotton, wool, linen, or any other material,. ..."

11. The Industrial Resources, Etc., of the Southern and Western States by James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow (1852)
"He informs us that the people of the country, south of Annapolis, in Maryland, were not impressed with any belief of their capacity to produce cotton wool ..."

12. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1885)
"... is claimed from the employment of extract of belladonna, dissolved in diluted glycerine and applied locally upon cotton-wool to the affected joints. ..."

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