woof¹

[woo f, woof]

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noun

filling(def 5).
texture; fabric.
British. warp(def 13).

Origin of woof¹

before 900; Middle English oof, owf, Old English ōwef, āwef (compare gewef), equivalent to ō-, ā- a-³ + wef (akin to web); modern w- from weft, warp, weave, etc.

woof²

[woo f]

interjection

(used to imitate the bark of a dog).

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Examples from the Web for woof

Contemporary Examples

But the thugs are numerous enough to be part of the warp and woof of the community.
The War on Drugs Is What Makes Thugs
John McWhorter
August 21, 2014
But the warp and woof of the business changed hardly at all, nor should it have.
Al Qaeda’s Failure on Wall Street
Zachary Karabell
September 12, 2011
Matt DeAngelis, who plays Woof in the show, admitted to being a big softie.
Broadway's Gay-Marriage Bonanza
Itay Hod
July 30, 2011

Historical Examples

They lay far deeper, in the very warp and woof of her nature.
Dust
Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
Of this warp and woof have all the strange patterns of Spanish life been woven.
Rosinante to the Road Again
John Dos Passos
And as a shuttle separates the warp from the woof, so a name distinguishes the natures of things.
Cratylus
Plato
As in a web the warp is stronger than the woof, so should the rulers be stronger than their half-educated subjects.
Laws
Plato
She looks to it that warp and woof are wrought with speed and beauty.
The Economist
Xenophon

British Dictionary definitions for woof

woof¹

noun

the crosswise yarns that fill the warp yarns in weaving; weft
a woven fabric or its texture

Word Origin

Old English ōwef, from ō-, perhaps from on, + wef web (see weave); modern form influenced by warp

woof²

interjection

an imitation of the bark or growl of a dog

verb

(intr) (of dogs) to bark or growl

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Word Origin and History for woof

n.1

"weft, texture, fabric," Old English owef, from o- "on" + wefan "to weave" (see weave). With excrescent -w- by influence of warp or weft.

n.2

dog bark noise, first recorded 1804, echoic. Woofer "loudspeaker for bass notes" first attested 1935.

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Examples from the Web for woof

Contemporary Examples

But the thugs are numerous enough to be part of the warp and woof of the community.

But the warp and woof of the business changed hardly at all, nor should it have.

Matt DeAngelis, who plays Woof in the show, admitted to being a big softie.

Historical Examples

They lay far deeper, in the very warp and woof of her nature.

Of this warp and woof have all the strange patterns of Spanish life been woven.

And as a shuttle separates the warp from the woof, so a name distinguishes the natures of things.

As in a web the warp is stronger than the woof, so should the rulers be stronger than their half-educated subjects.

She looks to it that warp and woof are wrought with speed and beauty.

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