Hypertext Webster Gateway: "woof"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Woof \Woof\ (w[=oo]f), n. [OE. oof, AS. [=o]wef, [=o]web,
[=a]web; on, an, on + wef, web, fr. wefan to weave. The
initial w is due to the influence of E. weave. See {On},
{Weave}, and cf. {Abb}.]
1. The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the
weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the
shuttle in weaving.
2. Texture; cloth; as, a pall of softest woof. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
woof
n : the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving [syn: {weft},
{filling}, {pick}]
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