Felt (?),

imp. & p. p. ∨ a. from Feel.

 

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Felt (?), n. [AS. felt; akin to D. vilt, G. filz, and possibly to Gr. hair or wool wrought into felt, L. pilus hair, pileus a felt cap or hat.]

1.

A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.

It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt. Shak
.

2.

A hat made of felt.

Thynne.

3.

A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt.

[Obs.]

To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose. Mortimer.

 

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Felt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Felted; p. pr. & vb. n. Felting.]

1.

To make into felt, or a feltike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.

Sir M. Hale.

2.

To cover with, or as with, felt; as, to felt the cylinder of a steam emgine.

 

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