单词 | overweave |
释义 | overweavev. 1. transitive. figurative and in figurative context. To weave over the top or surface of. Frequently in passive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [verb (transitive)] > weave > weave in specific ways pirn1494 attex1654 interlace1694 damask1706 reweave1717 outweave1805 tweddle1808 twill1808 overweave1818 shot1847 1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 23 An arbour, overwove By many a summer's silent fingering. 1879 E. G. A. Holmes Goodbye to Mabel in Poems 81 My sky was over-woven with clouds of care and thought. 1920–3 R. Jeffers Tamar in Coll. Poetry (1988) I. iii. 25 Unhidden and half reflected among the inter-branching ripples, Arched with alder, over-woven with willow. 1988 A. L. Deneef Traherne in Dialogue iii. 97 Lacan returns again and again to the same set of terms, reinterpreting and revising, weaving and overweaving a complex verbal tapestry whose threads can never be completely disentangled. 2. intransitive. Embroidery. To weave over the surface of cloth. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > manufacture textile fabric [verb (intransitive)] > weave > specific processes weft1786 pick1883 overweave1957 1957 Woman's Day (N.Y.) July 19/1 By over-weaving with a needle through Calcutta cloth, he has brought the fine art of embroidery up to date. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1818 |
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