Hypertext Webster Gateway: "weft"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Weft \Weft\, obs.
imp. & p. p. of {Wave}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Weft \Weft\, n. [Cf. {Waif}.]
A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif. [Obs.] ``A
forlorn weft.'' --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
weft
n : the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving [syn: {woof},
{filling}, {pick}]
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