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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
weft       [weft] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Textiles. filling (def. 5).
2.a woven fabric or garment.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME, OE; akin to weave]
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weft       (wěft)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The horizontal threads interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric; woof.
    2. Yarn used for the weft.
  2. Woven fabric.


[Middle English, from Old English wefta; see webh- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
weft 
O.E. weft, wefta, from wefan "to weave" (see weave).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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weft

noun
the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving [syn: woof] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Weft

Weft\, obs. imp. & p. p. of Wave.

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Weft

Weft\, n. [Cf. Waif.] A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif. [Obs.] "A forlorn weft." --Spenser.

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Weft

Weft\, n. [AS. weft, wefta, fr. wefan, to weave. See Weave.]

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

2. A web; a thing woven.

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