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Definition of Shetland wool
1. Noun. A wool obtained from sheep of the Shetland islands.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shetland Wool
Literary usage of Shetland wool
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Textiles by Louis Harmuth (1915)
"Shetland Lace—'Bobbin lace made of black or white shetland wool yarn. Shetland
Point—Needle-point lace made of shetland wool in Italy. ..."
2. The Diary of the Reverend John Mill: Minister of the Parishes of Dunrossness by John Mill (1889)
"... they iA pamphlet was issued this year by the Society, entitled ' Report of
the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland on Shetland -Wool, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Much spun silk is also knit into patterns and articles similar in form and
appearance to shetland wool goods. In Ayrshire the hand- knitting of Scotch caps ..."
4. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1800)
"1 As a proof how little thé real value of the shetland wool i« known in that
country, your committee thought it ..."
5. The girl's own book by Lydia Maria Francis Child (1856)
"There is not a great variety of colours in shetland wool— probably because the
demand ... The shetland wool is principally white ; and when it is desired to ..."
6. A Comprehensive History of the Woollen and Worsted Manufactures: And the by James Bischoff (1842)
"4 to a Report made by a Committee of the Highland Society, on the subject of
shetland wool." Part 2nd contains " A Brief History of Wool and the Nature of ..."
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