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Wool

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Fiber from sheep, dyed and fulled for cloth. Not linen, and not felt as the matted form alone.

  • Wool is used in Dye.

    Pliny’s Natural History treats wool among the chief cloths that take mordants and dyes. A Roman-era textile use of fleece as the dyed ground, not linen alone and not generic cloth.

    from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE

    used in · sourced · documented

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