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woof

1  [woof, woof]
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–noun
1. filling (def. 5).
2. texture; fabric.
3. British. warp (def. 13).
Origin:
bef. 900; ME oof, owf, OE ōwef, āwef (cf. gewef), equiv. to ō-, ā- a- 3 + wef (akin to web ); modern w- from weft, warp, weave, etc.

woof

2  [woof]
–interjection
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).

fill⋅ing

  [fil-ing]
–noun
1. an act or instance of filling.
2. something that is put in to fill something else: They used sand as filling for the depression.
3. Dentistry. a substance such as cement, amalgam, gold, or the like, used to fill a cavity caused by decay in a tooth.
4. a food mixture that goes into something, as if to fill it: sandwich filling; pie filling.
5. Also called pick, weft, woof. Textiles. yarn carried by the shuttle and interlacing at right angles with the warp in woven cloth.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see fill, -ing 1
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woof 1   (wŏŏf, wōōf)   
n.  

  1. The threads that run crosswise in a woven fabric, at right angles to the warp threads.

  2. The texture of a fabric.


[Alteration (influenced by warp) of Middle English oof, from Old English ōwef : ō-, on, on; see on + wefan, to weave; see webh- in Indo-European roots.]
woof 2   (wŏŏf)   
n.  

  1. The characteristically deep, gruff bark of a dog.

  2. A sound similar to a woof.

intr.v.   woofed, woof·ing, woofs
To make this sound.

[Imitative.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
woof [wʊf]

  1. in.
    to boast; to sell a woof ticket; to chatter. (Black.) : They're just woofing. Ignore them.
  2. in.
    to vomit. (Onomatopoetic.) : Somebody woofed on our driveway.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

woof  (1)
"weft, texture, fabric," O.E. owef, from o- "on" + wefan "to weave." With excrescent -w- by influence of warp or weft.

woof  (2)
dog bark noise, first recorded 1804, echoic. Woofer "loudspeaker for bass notes" first attested 1935.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: fill·ing
Pronunciation: 'fil-i[ng]
Function: noun
1 : material (as gold or amalgam) used to fill a cavity in a tooth
2 : simple sporadic lymphangitis of the leg of a horse commonly due to overfeeding and insufficient exercise
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

filling fill·ing (fĭl'ĭng)
n.
Material, such as amalgam, gold, or a synthetic resin, used to fill a cavity in a tooth.

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Encyclopedia

woof

in woven fabrics, the widthwise, or horizontal, yarns carried over and under the warp, or lengthwise, yarns and running from selvage to selvage. Filling yarns are generally made with less twist than are warp yarns because they are subjected to less strain in the weaving process and therefore require less strength

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