Definition of "woolward" [wool•ward]

• In wool; with woollen clothing next to the skin. (adverb)

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• "What mulct, what penance soever is enjoined, they dare not but do it, tumble with St. Francis in the mire amongst hogs, if they be appointed, go woolward, whip themselves, build hospitals, abbeys,"
• "Because poor people fare coarsely, work hard, go woolward and bare."
• "The naked truth of it is, I have no shirt; I go woolward for penance."