weft

Noun
Synonyms: wooffillingpick

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weavingSynonyms: wooffillingpick
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Weft \Weft\, obs. imp. & p. p. of Wave. [1913 Webster]
Weft \Weft\, n. [Cf. Waif.] A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif. [Obs.] "A forlorn weft." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Weft \Weft\, n. [AS. weft, wefta, fr. wefan, to weave. See Weave.] [1913 Webster]

1.The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving. [1913 Webster]

2.A web; a thing woven. [1913 Webster]

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