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
"Pray, wha are you, sir?" said Donald, putting his hands in his sides, and looking through his specks upon Mr. Weft, like a deevil incarnit.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 275, September 29, 1827 by Various
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
"My faither or my brither, or my cousin!" repeated Mr. Weft.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 275, September 29, 1827 by Various
Ae afternoon towards the glomin' I was oblegated to tak' a stap doun to the cross, wi' a web under my arm, which I had finished for Mr. Weft, the muslin manufacturer.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 275, September 29, 1827 by Various
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