What is indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design. His wits were a woolgathering, as they say. Burton called?
woolgathering — Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design. His wits were a woolgathering, as they say. Burton. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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