woolgathering - 6 dictionary results
wool⋅gath⋅er⋅ing
[woo
l-gath-er-ing] 
–noun
| 1. | indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school. |
| 2. | gathering of the tufts of wool shed by sheep and caught on bushes. |
wool⋅gath⋅er
[wool-gath-er] –verb (used without object)
| to engage in woolgathering. |
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| wool·gath·er (wŏŏl'gāth'ər) intr.v. wool·gath·ered, wool·gath·er·ing, wool·gath·ers To engage in fanciful daydreaming. wool'gath'er·er n. |
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Woolgathering
Wool"gath`er*ing\, a. Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful.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.
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woolgathering
1553, "indulging in wandering fancies and purposeless thinking," from the lit. meaning "gathering fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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