weft
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Origin of weft
before 900; Middle English, Old English; akin to weave
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Some of the gloves from Wing + Weft, the last glove-maker in the garment district, have built-in claws.
From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2021
Weft, weft, n. the threads woven into and crossing the warp—also Woof.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Weft Wigs and Toupees, with or without seams, of straight or natural curly hair.
From Self-Instructor in the Art of Hair Work Dressing Hair, Making Curls, Switches, Braids, and Hair Jewelry of Every Description. by Campbell, Mark
In any woven fabric we distinguish two systems of threads, the Warp or Chain, running lengthways in the cloth, and the Filling or Weft, crossing the former at right angles.
From Theory of Silk Weaving A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Weaves, and the Decomposition and Calculation of Broad and Narrow, Plain, Novelty and Jacquard Silk Fabrics by Wolfensberger, Arnold
"And what about that?" quo' Mr. Weft, rather snappishly, as I thocht.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 275, September 29, 1827 by Various
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