"felter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɛltə(ɹ)/ Forms: felters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛltə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} felter (plural felters)
  1. A person who works with or makes felt; a feltmaker.
    Sense id: en-felter-en-noun-AzIRDWN8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɛltə(ɹ)/ Forms: felters [present, singular, third-person], feltering [participle, present], feltered [participle, past], feltered [past]
Rhymes: -ɛltə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-verb}} felter (third-person singular simple present felters, present participle feltering, simple past and past participle feltered)
  1. (archaic) To clot, tangle, or mat together, such as like felt. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-felter-en-verb-OYI5P3Pq

Inflected forms

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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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  "senses": [
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        {
          "ref": "1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Fourth Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:",
          "text": "His feltered locks that on his bosom fell.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To clot, tangle, or mat together, such as like felt."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "mat",
          "mat"
        ],
        [
          "felt",
          "felt"
        ]
      ],
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        "(archaic) To clot, tangle, or mat together, such as like felt."
      ],
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        "archaic"
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    }
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    },
    {
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    }
  ],
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          "text": "Those Spanish Wools for Felters were not Fleece Wools.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2007, Christine White, Uniquely Felt, page 77:",
          "text": "This is the mark of an experienced felter and the way to monitor the very subtle changes in the late stages of feltmaking",
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          "ref": "1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Fourth Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:",
          "text": "His feltered locks that on his bosom fell.",
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      ],
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          "felt"
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          "text": "Those Spanish Wools for Felters were not Fleece Wools.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "text": "This is the mark of an experienced felter and the way to monitor the very subtle changes in the late stages of feltmaking",
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          "felt"
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          "feltmaker"
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɛltə(ɹ)/"
    },
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    }
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