羊毛本身：材質、手感，還有那件衣服
這一支就是手裡那把羊毛：又厚又軟又暖，摸得到。
adjective · B1
Made of wool, or soft, thick and fluffy in the way wool is. It is used about clothes knitted from wool, and also about hair, fur, or an animal's coat that feels or looks like it.
羊毛的；毛茸茸的
核心畫面
Hold a handful of raw wool. It is thick, soft and warm, it springs back when you squeeze it, and it has no edge — you cannot say exactly where the fluff stops and the air begins. Every use of this word leans on one of those two facts. Because wool is warm, the word covers hats, sweaters and animal coats, and can even become the name of the garment itself. Because wool has no edge, the word can be turned on an argument that never quite says what it means, or on a place where nobody has trimmed anything into order.
可以想成手裡抓著一把羊毛。厚、軟、暖，捏下去會彈回來，而且沒有邊——你說不出毛到哪裡結束、空氣從哪裡開始。這個字的每…更多收起
可以想成手裡抓著一把羊毛。厚、軟、暖，捏下去會彈回來，而且沒有邊——你說不出毛到哪裡結束、空氣從哪裡開始。這個字的每個用法，都靠著其中一個特點。因為羊毛暖，所以它形容毛帽、毛衣和動物的厚毛，後來乾脆連那件衣服都叫這個名字。因為羊毛沒有邊，所以它也可以拿來說一段怎麼聽都抓不到重點的話，或一個沒人把它修整過的地方。From the word’s history
From Middle English wolly, which is simply wool plus the ending -y. The word has never been anything but wool with a property-ending on it, which is why every branch is still an answer to the question: what is wool like?
證據裡說，woolly 來自中古英語 wolly，就是 wool 加上字尾 -y。這個字從頭到尾都只是「羊毛」加上「有那個性質」。所以每一條分支，其實都在回答同一個問題：羊毛是什麼樣子的？
Wiktionary entry for woolly supplied in the evidence packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:573140287).
Three branches
毛邊糊掉：話說不清楚
同一把羊毛，這次注意的不是暖，而是它沒有一條清楚的邊界。
adjective · B2
Not clear or exact. A woolly idea, argument, or piece of writing sounds fine when you hear it, but it has soft edges: you cannot pin down what it actually says, or who has to do what.
含糊不清的
沒剪過的野樣子：無法無天
把畫面換成一隻從沒剪過毛的動物，那身亂毛搬到地方和時代上，就成了「沒人管」。
adjective · C1
Rough and out of control, with no rules and nobody keeping order. It is an American informal use, and it almost always turns up in the fixed pair wild and woolly, describing a place, a time, or an event.
野性失序的