Fĕlt1, imp. & p. p. or a.
imp. & p. p. or a. from feel.
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Felt
Fēlt2, n.
n. [A-S. felt, D. vilt, M. H. Ger. vilz, N. & O. H. Ger. filz, allied to Gr. πῖλος, hair or wool wrought into felt; Lat. pilus, hair, pileus, a felt cap or hat.]
Sense 1. A cloth or stuff made of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size.
It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt. Shak.
Sense 2. A hat made of wool. Thynn.
Sense 3. A skin or hide; a fell. [Obs.]
To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose. Mortimer.
Fēlt3, v. t.
[imp. & p. p. FELTED; p. pr. & vb. n. FELTING.] 1. To make into felt, or a felt-like substance. Hale. 2. To cover with felt; as, to felt the cylinder of a steam-engine.