Hypertext Webster Gateway: "weaving"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Weave \Weave\, v. t. [imp. {Wove}; p. p. {Woven}, {Wove}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Weaving}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Weaved}, is
rarely used.] [OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G.
weben, OHG. weban, Icel. vefa, Sw. v["a]fva, Dan. v[ae]ve,
Gr. ?, v., ? web, Skr. ?r?av[=a]bhi spider, lit., wool
weaver. Cf. {Waper}, {Waffle}, {Web}, {Weevil}, {Weft},
{Woof}.]
1. To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to
form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as,
to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unite by close
connection or intermixture; to unite intimately.

This weaves itself, perforce, into my business.
--Shak.

That in their green shops weave the smooth-haired
silk To deck her sons. --Milton.

And for these words, thus woven into song. --Byron.

2. To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as
a texture of any kind, by putting together textile
materials; as, to weave broadcloth; to weave a carpet;
hence, to form into a fabric; to compose; to fabricate;
as, to weave the plot of a story.

When she weaved the sleided silk. --Shak.

Her starry wreaths the virgin jasmin weaves. --Ld.
Lytton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Weaving \Weav"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, weaves; the act or art
of forming cloth in a loom by the union or intertexture of
threads.

2. (Far.) An incessant motion of a horse's head, neck, and
body, from side to side, fancied to resemble the motion of
a hand weaver in throwing the shuttle. --Youatt.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

weaving
adj : walking unsteadily [syn: {lurching}, {stumbling}, {staggering}]
n : creating fabric


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