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▪ I. weef|wiːf| Also wef. [? Var. of weeth, dial. f. withe n.] (See quot.)
1832Planting 90 in Husb. (L.U.K.) III, Bavins. House-faggots, bound with two withers or weefs. Ibid., The tops of hedge-stakes, coopers' ware, &c., bound with one wither or wef. Ibid., Withers or weefs. The pliant shoots of hazel, ash, willow, &c., for binding the spray and prunings of trees into faggots, brooms, &c. ▪ II. weef, weeft see weffe, weft. |