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woolly dog Pacific Coast, Hist. 
a species of dog whose wool was used in weaving by the Coast Salish Indians.
- 1798 (1955) [The dogs . . . much resembled those of Pomerania, though in general somewhat larger . . . so compact were their fleeces, that large portions could be lifted up by a corner without causing any separation. They were composed of a mixture of a coarse kind of wool, with very fine, long hair, capable of being spun into yarn.]
- 1887 (1894) . . . these "woolly dogs" seem to have become extinct. These Indians used to shear them, and make a sort of blanket out of the wool.
- 1956 A painting by Paul Kane, dated 1848, showing one of these dogs freshly shorn, with a woman in the background spinning, is the only illustration in existence of the so-called "woolly dog."
- 1798 (1955) [The dogs . . . much resembled those of Pomerania, though in general somewhat larger . . . so compact were their fleeces, that large portions could be lifted up by a corner without causing any separation. They were composed of a mixture of a coarse kind of wool, with very fine, long hair, capable of being spun into yarn.]