Word of the Day for Saturday June 26, 2004

woolgathering \WOOL-gath-(uh)-ring\, noun:
Indulgence in idle daydreaming.

Similarly, in the meadow, if you laze too late into the
fall, woolgathering, snow could fill your mouth.
--Edward Hoagland, "Earth's eye," [1]Sierra, May 1999

It would be easy to slip off into woolgathering and miss a
deadline.
--Jeraldine Saunders, [2]Washington Post, March 4, 2004

Plagued by guilt, they took refuge in wine, women, and
woolgathering.
--Brennan Manning, [3]Ruthless Trust

The soprano roused Fergus from his woolgathering.
--Sandra Brown, [4]Where There's Smoke
_________________________________________________________

Woolgathering derives from the literal sense, "gathering
fragments of wool."