weavingn.1
/ˈwiːvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwivɪŋ/ 1. † b. concrete. A tissue, plexus. Obsolete.
a. The action of the v. weave n.; esp. the operation of forming cloth or other stuff by the interlacing of yarn or other filaments in a loom.
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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
webbinga1325
weaving1377
texture1447
endrapering1461
loom-work1598
contexture1649
textury1658
loom1678
woof1700
weavering1720
tissue1850
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 444 Cloth þat cometh fro þe weuyng is nouȝt comly to were.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xviii. xi Þe female [spider] is more of bodie þan þe male and haþ lengre feete and more pliaunte and more able to meuynge and to weuynge.
c1475 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 284 As myche for gardyng, spynnyng, and wevyng.
1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 6 §1 The Wever whiche shall have the wevyng of eny wollen yerne to be webbed into cloth.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vii. lvi. 188 Weaving was the invention of the Ægyptians.
1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (1775) II. 525 Erech; in which place likewise the weaving of linen, and making of nets was first found out.
1843 J. S. Knowles Secretary iii. i. 25 His grace the duke Is in a net of his own weaving caught.
1871 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce i. ii. 45 Weaving was an art in which the Egyptians excelled.
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the world > life > the body > bodily substance > fibre > [noun] > network of
texture1578
plexus1666
plexure1672
weaving1739
chiasma1839
incruciation1855
1739 Gen. Chirurg. Dict. at Varicosum Corpus, in J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. That Weaving of Blood-Vessels, which enters into the Testicles.
2. slang. (See quot. 1864.)
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > [noun] > methods of
palm1664
high game1665
palming1671
slick1674
brief1680
gammoning1700
shoulder-dash1711
bridge1773
weaving1803
bridging1843
palmistry1859
slipping1864
stocking1887
big mitt1903
1803 Sporting Mag. 21 326 Weaving—Is securing one or more cards upon the knee, under the table played at.
1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Weaving, a notorious card~sharping trick, done by keeping certain cards on the knee, or between the knee and the underside of the table, and using them when required by changing them for the cards held in the hand.
Compounds
General attributive.† weaving-house n. Obsolete† weaving-shop n. Obsolete† weaving-work n. Obsolete
weaving-factory n.
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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 > place for
weaving-housec1440
weaving-shop1564
shop1614
loom-shed1835
loom-shop1835
weaving-mill1835
weaving-room1844
weaving-shed1844
weaving-factory1845
pirn-house1867
loom-stead1869
loom-stance1876
1845 G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 4th Ser. 95 Some being ‘spinning-factories’, some ‘weaving-factories’, and some both conjoined.
weaving-frame n.
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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
web-loom1338
loom1404
weaving-loom1496
weaving-frame1530
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 288/1 Wevyng frame, mestier.
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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 > place for
weaving-housec1440
weaving-shop1564
shop1614
loom-shed1835
loom-shop1835
weaving-mill1835
weaving-room1844
weaving-shed1844
weaving-factory1845
pirn-house1867
loom-stead1869
loom-stance1876
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 523/2 Wevynge howse, textrinum.
1772 Hartford Mercury 18 Sept. A Dressing Shop, a long spinning and Weaving House.
weaving-loom n.
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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
web-loom1338
loom1404
weaving-loom1496
weaving-frame1530
1496 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 343 A weving lome wt his apparell and portenances.
1675 in J. C. Jeaffreson Middlesex County Rec. (1892) IV. 63 Wooden frames of weaveing Loomes.
weaving-mill n.
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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 > place for
weaving-housec1440
weaving-shop1564
shop1614
loom-shed1835
loom-shop1835
weaving-mill1835
weaving-room1844
weaving-shed1844
weaving-factory1845
pirn-house1867
loom-stead1869
loom-stance1876
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 380 A weaving-mill near Manchester.
weaving-room n.
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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 > place for
weaving-housec1440
weaving-shop1564
shop1614
loom-shed1835
loom-shop1835
weaving-mill1835
weaving-room1844
weaving-shed1844
weaving-factory1845
pirn-house1867
loom-stead1869
loom-stance1876
1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby II. iv. ii. 8 Nor should the weaving-room be forgotten.
1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason ii. 30 Whom soon they found, within the weaving-room, Bent earnestly above the rattling loom.
weaving-shed n.
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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 > place for
weaving-housec1440
weaving-shop1564
shop1614
loom-shed1835
loom-shop1835
weaving-mill1835
weaving-room1844
weaving-shed1844
weaving-factory1845
pirn-house1867
loom-stead1869
loom-stance1876
1844 Penny Mag. Jan. (Suppl.) 38 We next descend to the ‘weaving-shed’,..Here we find eight hundred and forty power-looms in one room.
1897 Q. Rev. Oct. 432 The men from the..imperial weaving-sheds.
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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 > place for
weaving-housec1440
weaving-shop1564
shop1614
loom-shed1835
loom-shop1835
weaving-mill1835
weaving-room1844
weaving-shed1844
weaving-factory1845
pirn-house1867
loom-stead1869
loom-stance1876
1564 Inventory in J. Noake Worcs. Relics (1877) 13 In the weaving shoppe ij loomes, v geares [etc.].
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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 > occupation of
weaving-work1535
?14.. in Hampole's Wks. (1895) I. 159 Fro vndern to none sche ocupied hir in weving werke.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Tobit ii. 11 Anna..wente daylie to the weeuynge worke.
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weavingn.2
/ˈwiːvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwivɪŋ/ 1. Pugilism. (See weave v.2 4.)
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > actions or positions
first bloodc1540
guard1601
feint1684
in holds1713
shifting1793
rally1805
muzzler1811
one-two1811
stop1812
southpaw1813
fibbing1814
leveller1814
mouther1814
ribber1814
stomacher1814
teller1814
in-fighting1816
muzzling1819
weaving1821
out-fighting1831
arm guard1832
countering1858
counter1861
clinching1863
prop1869
clinch1875
right and left1887
hook-hit1890
hook1898
cross1906
lead1906
jolt1908
swing1910
body shot1918
head shot1927
bolo punch1950
snap-back1950
counterpunch1957
counterpunching1957
Ali shuffle1966
rope-a-dope1975
1821 P. Egan Boxiana III. 465 In closing, after a struggle, they broke away from each other. Neither of them seemed to have any idea of the weaving system.
1827 T. De Quincey On Murder in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 210/2 In the course of this round we tried the weaving system, in which I had greatly the advantage, and hit him repeatedly on the conk.
1897 R. G. A. Allanson-Winn Boxing 261 I was obliged to retreat, and did so, as slowly as possible, using the weaving guards with both arms and completely escaping punishment.
2. The side-to-side movement by an animal of its head and neck.
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the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > moving head and neck from side to side
head shaking1877
weaving1934
headshake1956
1934 Miller & Robertson Pract. Animal Husbandry 59 Weaving is a nervous habit acquired by many wild animals in captivity (especially bears), and occasionally by horses.
1973 G. Durrell Beasts in my Belfry iv. 70 Sam had a habit—not uncommon in bears—which is called weaving.
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weavingadj.
/ˈwiːvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwivɪŋ/ That weaves, in senses of the verb.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [adjective] > weaving > one who
weavingc1000
textorian1656
textorial1774
c1000 Song Hezekiah in Lambeth Ps. (Lindelöf) 236 Forcorfen is swylce fram wefendum wife [L. uelut a texente] lif min.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. ii. 20 Weauing Spiders come not heere. View more context for this quotation
1809 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VII. 429 Weaving Oriole.
1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. xiii. 411 The weaving spider..presses her spinners against one of the walls, and thus glues to it one end of her thread.
Derivatives
ˈweavingly adv.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [adverb] > swaying
swalingly1822
swayingly1854
a-sway1858
swingingly1882
weavingly1945
1945 L. MacNeice in Horizon Nov. 295 Loom of wind Weavingly laughingly leavingly weepingly.
1959 C. Ogburn Marauders (1960) vi. 183 Overby ran erect, like a halfback,..carrying his rifle weavingly before him as if it were a football.
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