Woolies became the catch-all term for chaps made with the shaggy hair of sheep, goats or bison. When vast sheep herds were established in the American West in the nineteenth century, the old word wool escaped onto the new frontier. Though not native to the New World, immigrant’s sheep were abundant in the American colonies by the mid-1600s. Lanolin, the word for the fatty substance derived from wool, comes from the Latin branch of the language tree, as does an unsung adjective lanose, meaning “woolly.” Related to all these is Lanier, a French occupational surname for people who bought, sold or processed wool in past ages. It’s lana in Spanish and Italian, and la laine in French. Meanwhile, the Romance languages rely on Latin-based terms for wool. It’s interesting to note that most Germanic languages-Dutch, Swedish, Danish and German-share very similar-sounding words for sheep’s hair: wol, ull, uld and Wolle. The Oxford English Dictionary’s historical database traces its earliest citation to the year 725, but considering the importance of wool in the lives of early Europeans, the word was likely in verbal circulation long before that. The word wool has a long history in the English language. Since that time, Europeans have been shearing, spinning and weaving with the wool of these animals. Your wagon convoy ran into a bandit ambush and left you behind as the only survivor, but certainly grim with anger to bring those gunslingers to the hangman! Or shoot them right off their horses!īut before, there’s some crafting to do - a shelter for the night, some wood logging for bow and arrows, maybe even mining some ore for horse shoes and trading with the Indians.Domestic sheep were introduced to western Europe from Mesopotamia some 3,000 years ago. Frontier pioneers and bounty hunters have set carriage treks towards the fabled gold discovery sites in Klondike and Yukon, and to the great plains and deserts of Texas or New Mexico. In the Wild West of the Great American prairies, outlaws and even sheriffs are ready to sell brave men out for a fistful of dollars. ★ Raise horse mounts and tame wild animals ★ Fight gangsters with pistols and rifles Survive as a Cowboy in the Wild West and become the rule of law! Survive in this Western themed MMORPG, explore the life of a Lone Star ranger and fight robbers, trade with American Natives, set traps and duel in a Mexican standoff!
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