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woolgathering


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Woolgathering  \Wool"gath`er*ing\,  n. 
  Indulgence  in  idle  imagination;  a  foolish  or  useless  pursuit 
  or  design. 
 
  His  wits  were  a  woolgathering,  as  they  say  --Burton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Woolgathering  \Wool"gath`er*ing\,  a. 
  Indulging  in  a  vagrant  or  idle  exercise  of  the  imagination; 
  roaming  upon  a  fruitless  quest;  idly  fanciful. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  woolgathering 
  adj  :  dreamy  in  mood  or  nature;  "a  woolgathering  moment"  [syn:  {dreamy}, 
  {moony}] 
  n  :  an  idle  indulgence  in  fantasy 




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