sequacious following with smooth regularity; (arch.) following another person, esp. unreasoningly. a^me damne'e (French) a person who is the willing tool of another. [lit., damned soul] bellwether the sheep at the head of a flock, usually wearing a bell. wether a castrated sheep. lanate woolly. mortling wool from a dead sheep. gare low-grade wool from sheeps' legs. abb low-grade wool from the edge of the fleece. roo (Brit.) to pluck wool from a sheep by hand. dinmont (Scot.) a castrated male sheep, from one to two years of age, that has been shorn once. teg a two-year-old sheep not yet shorn; the wool from such a sheep. moit a contaminant particle in wool (a burr, etc.); to eliminate moits from (wool). tum to tease wool in preparation for carding. suint the natural grease of sheepswool. fellmonger a vendor of hides, esp. sheepskins. circling disease a bacterial disease affecting the nervous system of cattle and sheep, often causing the victim to walk in circles. needfire a fire, believed to have supernatural powers (esp. against epidemics among farm animals), started by rubbing two pieces of wood together; (Scot.) a signal fire; fungal luminescence of rotting wood.