Defective Wool

Defective Wool
DEFECTIVE WOOL
Denotes that something will show disadvantageously after the wool is scoured. Fire, water, vegetable matter or moths may cause defective wools, California burry wool is quoted as defective. Badly grown wools, which contain hemp, hair, stains, or tender fibre are defective.

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