Definition of Raw wool

1. Noun. Wool in its natural condition; not refined or processed.

Generic synonyms: Wool

Lexicographical Neighbors of Raw Wool

raw deal
raw deals
raw material
raw meat
raw milk
raw recruit
raw score
raw sewage
raw sienna
raw talent
raw throat
raw umber
raw vegetable
raw weather
raw wood
raw wool (current term)
raw wound
rawaru
rawbone
rawboned
rawer
rawest
rawhead
rawheads
rawhide
rawhided
rawhides
rawhiding
rawin
rawing

Literary usage of Raw wool

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

1. Our Sheep and the Tariff by William Draper Lewis (1890)
"CHAPTER V. THE DUTY ON raw wool AND OUR IMPORTS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES. THE present division of wools into Class I, Class II, and Class III, ..."

2. Our Sheep and the Tariff by William Draper Lewis (1890)
"I CHAPTER V. THE DUTY ON raw wool AND OUR IMPORTS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES. THE present division of wools into Class I, Class II, and Class III, ..."

3. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1913)
"Composition of raw wool.—In its chemical constitution wool is closely allied ... A distinction must be made between the fibre proper and the raw wool as it ..."

4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"As will be shown presently, our tariff on raw wool is designed to keep out of ... THE DUTY ON CLOTH So much for the raw wool, which does not concern the ..."

5. The Contemporary Review (1892)
"One of the maddest things which the McKinley tariff-mongers did was to increase the duty on raw wool. The United States does not produce anything like the ..."

6. Wool and Manufactures of Wool by Bureau of Statistics, Dept. of the Treasury, William Franklin Switzler, United States (1887)
"They are the only countries of the world that export woolen manufactures in excess of their imports of raw wool. The exact magnitude of their manufactures ..."

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