weftn.¹

Brit.

/wɛft/, U.S.

/wɛft/

Forms: Old English wefta, weft, wift, Middle English wyft, weeft, Middle English–1500s wefte, Middle English– weft; 1500s woft(e, 1600s–1800s Scottish woft, waft.

Etymology: Old English wefta weak masculine, weft strong masculine, ? wift (feminine), corresponding to Old Norse veptr (masculine), vipta (feminine), weft, Middle High German wift (masculine), fine thread; representing Old Germanic types *wefton- , *wefto-z , *wefti-z , < *weƀ- to weave v.¹

a. Weaving. The threads that cross from side to side of a web, at right angles to the warp threads with which they are interlaced: = woof n.¹ 1.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > threads in process of weaving > [noun] > weft

weftc725

woofc725

abbeOE

shoot1717

shute1721

filling1812

c725 Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) D 57 Deponile wefta.

a1100 Gerefa in Anglia (1886) 9 263 He sceal fela tola to tune tilian & fela andlomena to husan habban... Fela towtola: flexlinan, spinle, reol, gearnwindan, wifte, wefle, wulcamb, [etc.].

c1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 187/32 Deponile, wefta, uel weft.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xiv. 23 A threed of the weeft.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxxix. 3 He made hem into thredes, that thei myȝten be plattid with the weft of the rather colours.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) (1495) xviii. xi Ȝif þe wefte is ibroke þei begynneþ to amende it.

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 696/21 Hec trama, a wefte.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ei/1 Wefte, wofte, stamen.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Nii/2 Y^e Woft of a web, subtegmen.

1615 G. Markham Eng. Hus-wife in Countrey Contentments ii. iii. 89 The one they call warpe, the other weft, or els Wooffe.

1629 Orkney Witch Trial in County Folk-lore (1903) 3 78 Christane Reid in Clett cam in ane maid errand, seiking woft to ane wob.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 46 In the Silk Ribbans, you might plainly see the Contexture, how the Warp and the Weft cross one another at right Angles.

1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xxi. 77 She..wets it—dries it—then takes her teeth both to the warp and weft of it.

1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 248 Gloss. Waft, woof.

1821 W. Scott Pirate III. v. 105 And we have many of foreign knacks Of finer waft, than woo' or flax.

1832 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (ed. 2) III. ix. 106 My father used to..set my mother to card and spin the raw cotton for the weft.

1860 S. Smiles Self-help (new ed.) ii. 34 ‘Blackburn Greys,’ consisting of linen weft and cotton warp.

1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason xv. 273 And Eradne left The carding of the fine wool for the weft.

1876 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (new ed.) v. 41 Bagdad or Baldak silks, with a weft of gold, known among us as ‘baudekins’.

figurative.1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Buckingham xx Of ambicion behold the worke [? read warpe] and weft, Prouoking me to do this haynous treason.1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxviii. 237 Wouldst thou..untwist all the Threads of the warp and the waft of the weer'd Sister Parques?

b. The strips of cane, palm-leaf, straw, etc. used as the filling, in weaving baskets, mats, etc. Also, the woven fabric.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > strips of cane

weft1845

cane-work1858

1845 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 6 i. 212 Many workmen thoughtlessly force their feet between the weft or horizontal branches of the hurdle.

1859 C. Williams Narr. & Adv. Trav. Africa xvii. 189 Flags, reeds, and bulrushes..are woven..into mats..and so close is their weft that neither light, nor wind..can penetrate it.

1859 Brit. Patent 1929 (1860) 1 For these purposes wires..may be used as the warps of the fabric, and straw or rushes or other materials being the weft.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Straw-fabric Loom. A loom for making goods the weft of which is straw.

2. Yarn to be used for the weft-threads.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > for weaving > for the weft

woof?1529

weft1795

weft yarn1835

weft thread1843

1795 J. Aikin Descr. Country round Manch. 233 Employed in spinning cotton wefts for check-makers.

1802 Bancks's Manch. & Salford Directory 29 Brown, Richard and Co. dealers in twist, weft, &c.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iii. iv. 65 All sorts of wefts, from the lowest to the highest numbers, are now spun by means of this machine.

1898 Daily News 16 May 8/5 Tow wefts..have been dealt in to a larger extent than for weeks back.

1902 Times 29 July 11/3 Doubled wefts are offered at easy prices; single wefts are dull.

a. That which is spun or woven.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > woven

webOE

wefta1398

stuff1462

tissue1565

weave1581

contexture1603

textile1626

texturea1656

woof1674

webbing1739

fabric1753

mail net1875

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. lv. 1320 Certeyne smale wormes, as it were attercoppes..makeþ webbes and weftes aboute þe honycombes.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ei/1 Wefte, wofte, stamen.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 60 Then Weavers stretch your Stays upon the Weft .

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Weft, a thing woven; as A Weft of Hair.

1799 H. Gurney Cupid & Psyche xx. 44 See those crones that on the left Weave the many-colour'd weft.

1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows ii. xix. 122 Let thy weft Be of one woof and warp.

1883 R. Whitelaw tr. Sophocles Trachiniae 675 The investiture O' the robe, a weft of wool, fleecy and white.

b. figurative and in figurative context.

ΚΠ

c1400 26 Pol. Poems xxi. 64 In helle is shewed euell-sponnen wyft.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 24 Yey, ill-spon weft ay comes foule out.

1719 W. Hamilton Epist. to Ramsay 24 July v I'm unco iri, and dirt feart I mak' wrang waft.

1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 738 The weft of the world was untorn That is woven of the day on the night.

1891 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Sydney-side Saxon ii I cannot unravel the weft of it. I've made and helped to make a sight of victual in my day, and now [etc.].

4. Transferred uses.

†a. A film formed over the eye. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > film or web

filmOE

rima1382

weba1398

mailc1440

pin and weba1450

nebula1661

weft1661

haze1820

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 29 The ashes of the head of a black Cat..put into the eye..helpe the haw, weft, and web in the eye.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 105 The gall [of the Rock-goat] cureth the weft in the eye.

b. A layer of closely interwoven hyphæ produced in certain fungi; also a ‘mat’ of hairs on the stem or leaf of a plant.

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the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [noun] > tuft or matted hairs

stupa1826

weft1875

the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > parts of > cells and tissue

chive1721

spawn1731

mushroom spawn1753

volva1753

ring1777

veil1777

curtain1796

wrapper1796

fungin1813

subiculum1821

cortina1832

velum1832

mycelium1836

uterus1836

gleba1847

hypostroma1855

sulcus1856

rhizopod1859

tigellule1860

trichophore1860

hypha1866

hypothecium1866

rhizopodium1866

annulus1871

capillitium1871

acervulus1872

weft1875

capsule1883

clamp-connection1887

periphysis1887

chain gemma1893

trumpet hypha1900

metula1915

monokaryon1935

1875 M. C. Cooke Fungi ii. 26 Certain filaments of the weft of the fungus.

1879 Academy 11 Jan. 33/1 The access of..injurious insects to the flower is prevented.. by the dense weft of woolly hairs which covers the stem and leaves.

1887 H. E. F. Garnsey & I. B. Balfour tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Morphol. & Biol. Fungi v. 217 The peripheral portion of the delicate hyphal weft..takes an active part in the further growth.

c. (See quot. 1847.)

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair > ground of

weft1847

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Weft,..(5) The ground of a wig.

5. A streak of cloud; a thin layer of smoke or mist. Cf. waft n.¹ 2d, waif n.³

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > streak of cloud

flake1744

wefta1822

streamer1871

wind-list1898

scart1899

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] > layer, bank, etc., of mist

bank1601

sheeta1774

streamer1871

weft1883

shred1912

a1822 P. B. Shelley Queen of my Heart ii And thy beauty more bright Than the stars' soft light, Shall seem as a weft from the sky.

1883 J. A. Symonds Ital. Byways 97 Exceedingly soft and grey, with rose-tinted weft of steam upon its summit, stood Vesuvius above us in the twilight.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 187 The mountains..opposite were just enough illumined to let one see the wefts and floating veils of blue-white mist upon them.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

weft dealer n.

ΚΠ

1802 Bancks's Manch. & Salford Directory 34 Weft and twist dealer.

weft thread n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > for weaving > for the weft

woof?1529

weft1795

weft yarn1835

weft thread1843

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 177/1 Into this shed..he throws the shuttle containing the weft-thread.

weft warehouse n.

ΚΠ

1802 Bancks's Manch. & Salford Directory p. iv Twist, weft and calico warehouse.

weft winding n.

ΚΠ

1863 B. Woodcroft Brief Biogr. 44 A weft-winding engine.

weft yarn n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > for weaving > for the weft

woof?1529

weft1795

weft yarn1835

weft thread1843

1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 330 It must be spun into warp~yarn and weft yarn, each of peculiar grist.

C2.

weft cop n. see cop n.² 3.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > for weaving > for the weft > ball of

pin cop1839

weft cop1881

1881 Manch. Guard. 12 Jan. Medium counts of twist and weft cops.

1892 Daily News 16 July 7/1 There is only a very small demand for twist and weft cops for the home trade.

weft-feeler n. = feeler n. 4a.

ΚΠ

1927 T. Woodhouse Artif. Silk 130 A weft feeler indicates when the weft in the active shuttle is nearly finished.

weft-finger n. Knitting the forefinger.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > forefinger

teacherc1290

lickpot1387

index1398

showing finger?a1425

forefingerc1450

first finger?1530

insignitor1598

demonstrator1657

trigger finger1829

pointling1840

index finger1849

index-digit1866

arrow finger1875

weft-finger1880

1880 Mrs. L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Exam. Needlework 37 The..fore, or ‘weft’, finger; the thumb, or ‘rest:’ the second, or ‘position’ finger.

weft fork n. (a) a pronged weft stopper; (b) (see quot. 1875).

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > loom > for stopping loom when weft thread breaks

weft fork1851

weft stopper1853

weft motion1863

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > other methods of weaving > equipment for

shawl-looma1792

weft fork1851

weft-hook1875

tablet1921

1851 Brit. Patent 13,773 (1856) 1 Improvements in the manufacture of..weft forks..for looms.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Weft-fork, one used in certain kinds of looms where the filling is laid in, one piece at a time.

1898 Daily News 7 Mar. 2/1 As soon as either thread breaks the machine is stopped immediately by the weft forks.

weft-hook n. (see quot.).

ΘΚΠ

shawl-looma1792

weft fork1851

weft-hook1875

tablet1921

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Weft-hook, one for drawing in the filling in the case of slat-weaving looms and some forms of narrow-ware and ribbon looms.

weft line n. flax (see line n.¹ 1b) for the manufacture of weft-thread.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > flax, hemp, or jute > heckled > finest parts > for manufacture of weft thread

fell1807

weft line1896

1896 Daily News 5 Dec. 9/4 The range of weft lines continues unchanged at 3s. 1½d.

weft-mixing n. a method of weaving (see quot. 1927).

ΚΠ

1927 T. Woodhouse Artif. Silk 130 In many cases..two shuttles have to be employed, although one kind of weft is being used. The two shuttles insert two picks each alternately; the method is known as weft-mixing, and is adopted to secure uniformity in thickness and shade of the weft.

weft motion n. (also weft stop motion) a device that automatically causes a stoppage of the loom when the weft-thread breaks or fails.

ΘΚΠ

weft fork1851

weft stopper1853

weft motion1863

1863 Brit. Patent 3304 (1864) 2 That part of the loom known as the ‘weft motion’ for stopping the loom when the weft breaks.

1878 A. Barlow Hist. & Princ. Weaving xxiv. 261 The fork and grid weft stop motion.

weft stopper n. a device that automatically causes a stoppage of the loom when the weft-thread breaks or fails.

ΘΚΠ

weft fork1851

weft stopper1853

weft motion1863

1853 Brit. Patent 744 2 An improved weft stopper for two or more shuttles.

weft-way n. (see quot.).

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > spun > in specific way > twisted > in specific way

hard twist1664

weft-way1888

1888 C. P. Brooks Cotton Manuf. 168 Weft-way, yarn twisted over to the right in spinning. Weft may be either twist-way or weft-way.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	weft
释义	weftn.¹ Brit. /wɛft/, U.S. /wɛft/ Forms: Old English wefta, weft, wift, Middle English wyft, weeft, Middle English–1500s wefte, Middle English– weft; 1500s woft(e, 1600s–1800s Scottish woft, waft. Etymology: Old English wefta weak masculine, weft strong masculine, ? wift (feminine), corresponding to Old Norse veptr (masculine), vipta (feminine), weft, Middle High German wift (masculine), fine thread; representing Old Germanic types wefton- , wefto-z , wefti-z , < weƀ- to weave v.¹ 1. a. Weaving. The threads that cross from side to side of a web, at right angles to the warp threads with which they are interlaced: = woof n.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > threads in process of weaving > [noun] > weft weftc725 woofc725 abbeOE shoot1717 shute1721 filling1812 c725 Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) D 57 Deponile wefta. a1100 Gerefa in Anglia (1886) 9 263 He sceal fela tola to tune tilian & fela andlomena to husan habban... Fela towtola: flexlinan, spinle, reol, gearnwindan, wifte, wefle, wulcamb, [etc.]. c1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 187/32 Deponile, wefta, uel weft. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xiv. 23 A threed of the weeft. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxxix. 3 He made hem into thredes, that thei myȝten be plattid with the weft of the rather colours. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) (1495) xviii. xi Ȝif þe wefte is ibroke þei begynneþ to amende it. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 696/21 Hec trama, a wefte. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ei/1 Wefte, wofte, stamen. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Nii/2 Y^e Woft of a web, subtegmen. 1615 G. Markham Eng. Hus-wife in Countrey Contentments ii. iii. 89 The one they call warpe, the other weft, or els Wooffe. 1629 Orkney Witch Trial in County Folk-lore (1903) 3 78 Christane Reid in Clett cam in ane maid errand, seiking woft to ane wob. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 46 In the Silk Ribbans, you might plainly see the Contexture, how the Warp and the Weft cross one another at right Angles. 1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xxi. 77 She..wets it—dries it—then takes her teeth both to the warp and weft of it. 1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 248 Gloss. Waft, woof. 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. v. 105 And we have many of foreign knacks Of finer waft, than woo' or flax. 1832 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (ed. 2) III. ix. 106 My father used to..set my mother to card and spin the raw cotton for the weft. 1860 S. Smiles Self-help (new ed.) ii. 34 ‘Blackburn Greys,’ consisting of linen weft and cotton warp. 1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason xv. 273 And Eradne left The carding of the fine wool for the weft. 1876 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (new ed.) v. 41 Bagdad or Baldak silks, with a weft of gold, known among us as ‘baudekins’. figurative.1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Buckingham xx Of ambicion behold the worke [? read warpe] and weft, Prouoking me to do this haynous treason.1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxviii. 237 Wouldst thou..untwist all the Threads of the warp and the waft of the weer'd Sister Parques? b. The strips of cane, palm-leaf, straw, etc. used as the filling, in weaving baskets, mats, etc. Also, the woven fabric. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > strips of cane weft1845 cane-work1858 1845 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 6 i. 212 Many workmen thoughtlessly force their feet between the weft or horizontal branches of the hurdle. 1859 C. Williams Narr. & Adv. Trav. Africa xvii. 189 Flags, reeds, and bulrushes..are woven..into mats..and so close is their weft that neither light, nor wind..can penetrate it. 1859 Brit. Patent 1929 (1860) 1 For these purposes wires..may be used as the warps of the fabric, and straw or rushes or other materials being the weft. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Straw-fabric Loom. A loom for making goods the weft of which is straw. 2. Yarn to be used for the weft-threads. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > for weaving > for the weft woof?1529 weft1795 weft yarn1835 weft thread1843 1795 J. Aikin Descr. Country round Manch. 233 Employed in spinning cotton wefts for check-makers. 1802 Bancks's Manch. & Salford Directory 29 Brown, Richard and Co. dealers in twist, weft, &c. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iii. iv. 65 All sorts of wefts, from the lowest to the highest numbers, are now spun by means of this machine. 1898 Daily News 16 May 8/5 Tow wefts..have been dealt in to a larger extent than for weeks back. 1902 Times 29 July 11/3 Doubled wefts are offered at easy prices; single wefts are dull. 3. a. That which is spun or woven. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > woven webOE webOE wefta1398 stuff1462 tissue1565 weave1581 contexture1603 textile1626 texturea1656 woof1674 webbing1739 fabric1753 mail net1875 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. lv. 1320 Certeyne smale wormes, as it were attercoppes..makeþ webbes and weftes aboute þe honycombes. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ei/1 Wefte, wofte, stamen. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 60 Then Weavers stretch your Stays upon the Weft . View more context for this quotation 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Weft, a thing woven; as A Weft of Hair. 1799 H. Gurney Cupid & Psyche xx. 44 See those crones that on the left Weave the many-colour'd weft. 1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows ii. xix. 122 Let thy weft Be of one woof and warp. 1883 R. Whitelaw tr. Sophocles Trachiniae 675 The investiture O' the robe, a weft of wool, fleecy and white. b. figurative and in figurative context. ΚΠ c1400 26 Pol. Poems xxi. 64 In helle is shewed euell-sponnen wyft. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 24 Yey, ill-spon weft ay comes foule out. 1719 W. Hamilton Epist. to Ramsay 24 July v I'm unco iri, and dirt feart I mak' wrang waft. 1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 738 The weft of the world was untorn That is woven of the day on the night. 1891 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Sydney-side Saxon ii I cannot unravel the weft of it. I've made and helped to make a sight of victual in my day, and now [etc.]. 4. Transferred uses. †a. A film formed over the eye. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > film or web filmOE rima1382 weba1398 mailc1440 pin and weba1450 nebula1661 weft1661 haze1820 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 29 The ashes of the head of a black Cat..put into the eye..helpe the haw, weft, and web in the eye. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 105 The gall [of the Rock-goat] cureth the weft in the eye. b. A layer of closely interwoven hyphæ produced in certain fungi; also a ‘mat’ of hairs on the stem or leaf of a plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [noun] > tuft or matted hairs stupa1826 weft1875 the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > parts of > cells and tissue chive1721 spawn1731 mushroom spawn1753 volva1753 ring1777 veil1777 curtain1796 wrapper1796 fungin1813 subiculum1821 cortina1832 velum1832 mycelium1836 uterus1836 gleba1847 hypostroma1855 sulcus1856 rhizopod1859 tigellule1860 trichophore1860 hypha1866 hypothecium1866 rhizopodium1866 annulus1871 capillitium1871 acervulus1872 weft1875 capsule1883 clamp-connection1887 periphysis1887 chain gemma1893 trumpet hypha1900 metula1915 monokaryon1935 1875 M. C. Cooke Fungi ii. 26 Certain filaments of the weft of the fungus. 1879 Academy 11 Jan. 33/1 The access of..injurious insects to the flower is prevented.. by the dense weft of woolly hairs which covers the stem and leaves. 1887 H. E. F. Garnsey & I. B. Balfour tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Morphol. & Biol. Fungi v. 217 The peripheral portion of the delicate hyphal weft..takes an active part in the further growth. c. (See quot. 1847.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair > ground of weft1847 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Weft,..(5) The ground of a wig. 5. A streak of cloud; a thin layer of smoke or mist. Cf. waft n.¹ 2d, waif n.³ ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > streak of cloud flake1744 wefta1822 streamer1871 wind-list1898 scart1899 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] > layer, bank, etc., of mist bank1601 sheeta1774 streamer1871 weft1883 shred1912 a1822 P. B. Shelley Queen of my Heart ii And thy beauty more bright Than the stars' soft light, Shall seem as a weft from the sky. 1883 J. A. Symonds Ital. Byways 97 Exceedingly soft and grey, with rose-tinted weft of steam upon its summit, stood Vesuvius above us in the twilight. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 187 The mountains..opposite were just enough illumined to let one see the wefts and floating veils of blue-white mist upon them. Compounds C1. General attributive. weft dealer n. ΚΠ 1802 Bancks's Manch. & Salford Directory 34 Weft and twist dealer. weft thread n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > for weaving > for the weft woof?1529 weft1795 weft yarn1835 weft thread1843 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 177/1 Into this shed..he throws the shuttle containing the weft-thread. weft warehouse n. ΚΠ 1802 Bancks's Manch. & Salford Directory p. iv Twist, weft and calico warehouse. weft winding n. ΚΠ 1863 B. Woodcroft Brief Biogr. 44 A weft-winding engine. weft yarn n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > for weaving > for the weft woof?1529 weft1795 weft yarn1835 weft thread1843 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 330 It must be spun into warp~yarn and weft yarn, each of peculiar grist. C2. weft cop n. see cop n.² 3. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > for weaving > for the weft > ball of pin cop1839 weft cop1881 1881 Manch. Guard. 12 Jan. Medium counts of twist and weft cops. 1892 Daily News 16 July 7/1 There is only a very small demand for twist and weft cops for the home trade. weft-feeler n. = feeler n. 4a. ΚΠ 1927 T. Woodhouse Artif. Silk 130 A weft feeler indicates when the weft in the active shuttle is nearly finished. weft-finger n. Knitting the forefinger. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > forefinger teacherc1290 lickpot1387 index1398 showing finger?a1425 forefingerc1450 first finger?1530 insignitor1598 demonstrator1657 trigger finger1829 pointling1840 index finger1849 index-digit1866 arrow finger1875 weft-finger1880 1880 Mrs. L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Exam. Needlework 37 The..fore, or ‘weft’, finger; the thumb, or ‘rest:’ the second, or ‘position’ finger. weft fork n. (a) a pronged weft stopper; (b) (see quot. 1875). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > loom > for stopping loom when weft thread breaks weft fork1851 weft stopper1853 weft motion1863 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > other methods of weaving > equipment for shawl-looma1792 weft fork1851 weft-hook1875 tablet1921 1851 Brit. Patent 13,773 (1856) 1 Improvements in the manufacture of..weft forks..for looms. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Weft-fork, one used in certain kinds of looms where the filling is laid in, one piece at a time. 1898 Daily News 7 Mar. 2/1 As soon as either thread breaks the machine is stopped immediately by the weft forks. weft-hook n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > other methods of weaving > equipment for shawl-looma1792 weft fork1851 weft-hook1875 tablet1921 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Weft-hook, one for drawing in the filling in the case of slat-weaving looms and some forms of narrow-ware and ribbon looms. weft line n. flax (see line n.¹ 1b) for the manufacture of weft-thread. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > flax, hemp, or jute > heckled > finest parts > for manufacture of weft thread fell1807 weft line1896 1896 Daily News 5 Dec. 9/4 The range of weft lines continues unchanged at 3s. 1½d. weft-mixing n. a method of weaving (see quot. 1927). ΚΠ 1927 T. Woodhouse Artif. Silk 130 In many cases..two shuttles have to be employed, although one kind of weft is being used. The two shuttles insert two picks each alternately; the method is known as weft-mixing, and is adopted to secure uniformity in thickness and shade of the weft. weft motion n. (also weft stop motion) a device that automatically causes a stoppage of the loom when the weft-thread breaks or fails. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > loom > for stopping loom when weft thread breaks weft fork1851 weft stopper1853 weft motion1863 1863 Brit. Patent 3304 (1864) 2 That part of the loom known as the ‘weft motion’ for stopping the loom when the weft breaks. 1878 A. Barlow Hist. & Princ. Weaving xxiv. 261 The fork and grid weft stop motion. weft stopper n. a device that automatically causes a stoppage of the loom when the weft-thread breaks or fails. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > loom > for stopping loom when weft thread breaks weft fork1851 weft stopper1853 weft motion1863 1853 Brit. Patent 744 2 An improved weft stopper for two or more shuttles. weft-way n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > spun > in specific way > twisted > in specific way hard twist1664 weft-way1888 1888 C. P. Brooks Cotton Manuf. 168 Weft-way, yarn twisted over to the right in spinning. Weft may be either twist-way or weft-way. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † weftn.² Forms: Also 1500s waift, wayft, wefte, 1600s–1700s waft. Etymology: Variant or alteration of waif n.¹ Obsolete. = waif n.¹ ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > personal or movable property > flotsam or jetsam > a piece of waif1377 waith1478 wreck1570 weft1579 1579 in Acts Privy Council (1895) XI. 196 Claiming the ship and goodes as a weft dewe to the lordes of the soile. 1579 in Acts Privy Council (1895) XI. 247. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. x. sig. Mm5^v The gentle Lady..Did..wander wide At wilde aduenture, like a forlorne wefte. 1591 Art. conc. Admiralty 21 July §46 Those, which vpon the high Seas, haue found any..Boates forsaken, or wayfts, driuing, or floating, without any creature in the same. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ii. 4. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xii. 31 For that a waift [i.e. Florimell], the which by fortune came Vpon your seas, he claym'd as propertie. View more context for this quotation 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor i. ii. sig. D The Lord of the soile ha's all wefts and straies here? View more context for this quotation 1637 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother iv. iv. sig. H3 You are Lord o' the soyle Sir, Lilly is a Weft, a Stray, shee's yours, to use Sir. a1680 S. Butler Char. (1908) 127 His Belly is provided for,..his Back..takes other Courses to maintain itself by weft and stray Silver Spoons, stragling Hoods and Scarfs, [etc.]. 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper v. i. 55 Do you know that I am Lady of the Mannour; and that all Wefts and Strays belong to me? c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 532 It is as a waft or stray, that belongs only to the head landlord of the world, to whom therefore you must restore it. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 22) ii. ii. xii. 498 The Causes competent to the Admiralty Court of Scotland, are these among others... Wafts, and Strays, and Deodands, and Wrecks. 1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 560 Farther corrections I shall make..for a posthumous edition, in which also I shall embody some wefts and strays. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). weftv. Brit. /wɛft/, U.S. /wɛft/ Forms: Also Scottish waft. Etymology: < weft n.¹ rare. intransitive. To form a weft or web; to interlace the weft with the warp. 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 1786 R. Burns Poems 204 Ne'er mind how Fortune waft an' warp. Derivatives ˈwefting n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > forming weft wefting1897 1897 Westm. Gaz. 19 Jan. 8/1 The warping, wefting, milling and finishing occupied 3h. 15 min. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹c725n.²1579v.1786
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