What's the difference between fearnaught and woolen?

Fearnaught


Definition:

  • (n.) A fearless person.
  • (n.) A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnaught; also, a warm garment.

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Woolen


Definition:

  • (a.) Made of wool; consisting of wool; as, woolen goods.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as, woolen manufactures; a woolen mill; a woolen draper.
  • (n.) Cloth made of wool; woollen goods.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They were successfully occluded by means of transcatheter placement of stainless steel coils with attached woolen strands.
  • (2) Cotton and woolen fabrics and fabrics of synthetic fibers were exposed by direct contact (pipette) and by aerosolization to poliovirus and to vaccinia virus in separate experiments, allowed to dry for 16 hr at 25 C in 35% relative humidity, and randomly tumbled with sterile swatches of the same fabrics for 30 min.
  • (3) Etymologically Sufi, as an Arabic word, means woolen-clad.
  • (4) Following investigations were carried out: rescue foil with different types of clothing, comparison between rescue foil and woolen blanket, "Hibler packing", rescue suit at sudden fall in temperature.
  • (5) As we sought to point out in this chapter, these pathways have merged in the last 30 years with developments such as warmth without bulk for backpackers (which is a welcomed contrast to heavy arctic wear), materials that allow athletes to remain somewhat comfortable while sweating, and other advances that luckily have replaced the less appealing sports apparel such as the old woolen baseball uniform.

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