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weft

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Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

weftimp. & p. p. 
     imp. & p. p. of Wave.  [1913 Webster]
weftn. [Cf. Waif.].
     A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]
weftn. [AS. weft, wefta, fr. wefan, to weave. See Weave.].
  •  The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A web; a thing woven.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

weft, n.
1 a the threads woven across a warp to make fabric. b yarn for these. c a thing woven.
2 filling-strips in basket-weaving.

weft, var. of WAFT n. 3.

THESAURUS

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

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