Category:Weft

Weft, obs.

Defn: imp. & p. p. of wave.

Weft Weft, n. Etym: [cf. Waif.]

Defn: a thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif. [obs.] "a forlorn Weft." Spenser.

Weft Weft, n. Etym: [as. weft, wefta, fr. wefan, to weave. See weave.]

1. The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to Selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.

2. A web; a thing woven.