Woof

3 definitions found

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

  Woof \Woof\ (w[=oo]f), n. [OE. oof, AS. [=o]wef, [=o]web,
     [=a]web; on, an, on + wef, web, fr. wefan to weave. The
     initial w is due to the influence of E. weave. See {On},
     {Weave}, and cf. {Abb}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the


        weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the
        shuttle in weaving.
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     2. Texture; cloth; as, a pall of softest woof. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

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

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "woof":
     cloth, drapery, etoffe, fabric, feel, felt, filling, finish, goods,
     grain, granular texture, indentation, knub, lace, material, nap,
     napery, nub, pick, pile, pit, pock, protuberance, rag, shag, shoot,
     silk, structure, stuff, surface, surface texture, textile,
     textile fabric, texture, tissu, tissue, wale, warp, weave, web,
     weft, wool