Dictionary definition: combing wool

Article: Prices up at third U.S. wool auction.
Daily News Record;  May 23, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... the sale. The impression gained by observers was that this combing wool for the production of worsted fabrics was being bought as ... were well aware of last week's sudden jump in prices on combing wool at the Australian auctions (DNR, Tuesday, Page 2) and ...

Article: Aussie wool prices drop 60% to 40%.
Daily News Record;  February 26, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... floor price for this quality was 870 Australian cents. The Australian dollar was at 78 U.S. cents on Friday. This 21 micron is a standard grade of combing wool, rated as a 64s/73s, a type that is commonly used in men's worsted suits.

Article: September wool use for apparel up in U.S.
Daily News Record;  January 4, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... price increases. The use of "reprocessed and reused" wool as well as noils, which are the shorter wool fibers removed in combing wool for worsted production, was also increased slightly by woolen producers moving to 2,544,000 pounds last September from ...

Article: Centenarian is link to Clara Barton; Family home is filled with ...
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA);  July 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... daughter, Anna Gertrude Stafford, married Guy W. Olney, who worked for Howard Brothers, an Oxford firm that made cards for combing wool. The Olneys and their daughters, May and Helen, moved to Mrs. White's current home on Main Street. This house was ...

Article: Aussie wool auctions end year with prices somewhat depressed; ...
Daily News Record;  December 23, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... closed for the 1991 recess at (A)$5.78. The lower prices registered Dec. 11 were encountered on nearly every type of combing wool ranging from 19-micron to 31-micron. But subsequently the finer wool eased slightly while certain medium grades were ...

Article: (On) Sir Walter Scott: Part II
Great Works of Literature;      700+ words ... ... discomfort and distress-warrants been busy at Stratford-on-Avon, Shakespeare himself had not lived killing calves or combing wool! Had the Edial Boarding-school turned out well, we had never heard of Samuel Johnson; Samuel Johnson had been a fat ...

Article: WOOL SALE
The Press;  February 23, 2007 ;     483 words ... ... Chinese New Year festivities tailing off and bidding coinciding with a North Island sale. Only a limited amount of good combing wool is usually available at this time of the year. The New Zealand dollar was at US69.5c at the last sale. . SELECTION OF ...