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noun

Weft n.

The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.

A web; a thing woven.

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Etymology of 'Weft'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Weft" Quotes from Famous Books

... pure white wings extended and striking the water with their feet, raising all around them a white foam, like snow falling in flakes. The blue heavens were reflected in the water. The grass, of a burnt-green, almost gray color, looked like worn velvet here and there, showing the weft and ...

— His Excellency the Minister • Jules Claretie

... the door! alas, 'tis nothing for a simple man to stay without, when a deep understanding holds conference within, say with his Wife: a trifle, Sir. I know I hold my Farm by Cuckolds Tenure; you are Lord o'th' Soil, Sir. Lilly is a Weft, a stray, she's yours to use, Sir, I ...

— The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher - Vol. 2 of 10: Introduction to The Elder Brother • Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher

... from a star Voices come o'er the line; Voices of ghosts afar, Not in this world of mine; Lives in whose loom I grope; Words in whose weft I hear Eager the thrill of hope, Awful the ...

— Ballads of a Cheechako • Robert W. Service

Words linked to "Weft" : pick, yarn, thread, cloth, weave, filling, fabric