Weft

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Weft \Weft\, obs.
     imp. & p. p. of {Wave}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Weft \Weft\, n. [Cf. {Waif}.]
     A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif. [Obs.] "A
     forlorn weft." --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Weft \Weft\, n. [AS. weft, wefta, fr. wefan, to weave. See
     {Weave}.]
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     1. The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from
        selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in
        weaving.
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     2. A web; a thing woven.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  weft
       n : the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving [syn: {woof},
            {filling}, {pick}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "weft":
     arabesque, basketry, basketwork, cancellation, cloth,
     cross-hatching, crossing-out, drapery, etoffe, fabric, felt,
     filigree, filling, fret, fretwork, goods, grate, grating, grid,
     gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, interlacement,
     intertexture, intertwinement, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing,
     lattice, latticework, material, mesh, meshes, meshwork, napery,
     net, netting, network, pick, plexure, plexus, raddle, rag, reticle,
     reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, screen, screening,
     shoot, sieve, silk, stuff, textile, textile fabric, texture, tissu,
     tissue, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, warp, wattle, weave,
     weaving, web, webbing, webwork, wicker, wickerwork, woof, wool
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  WEFT
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