Category:Weaving

Weav"ing, n.

1. The act of one who, or that which, weaves; the act or art of forming cloth in a loom by the union or intertexture of threads.

2. (far.)

Defn: an incessant motion of a horse's head, neck, and body, from side to side, fancied to resemble the motion of a hand weaver in throwing the shuttle. Youatt.

-

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Weaving - Or weavers, weaving was an art practiced in very early times (Exodus 35:35). The Egyptians were specially skilled in it (Isaiah 19:9; Ezekiel 27:7), and some have regarded them as its inventors. In the wilderness, the Hebrews practiced it (Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:8; Exodus 28:4, Exodus 28:39; Leviticus 13:47). It is referred to in subsequent times as specially the women's work (2 Kings 23:7; Proverbs 31:13, Proverbs 31:24). No mention of the loom is found in Scripture, but we read of the "shuttle" (Job 7:6), "the pin" of the beam (Judges 16:14), "the web" (Judges 16:13, Judges 16:14), and "the beam" (1 Samuel 17:7; 2 Samuel 21:19). The rendering, "with pining sickness," in Isaiah 38:12 (A.V.) should be, as in the Revised Category:Version, "from the loom," or, as in the margin, "from the thrum." We read also of the "wrap" and "woof" (Leviticus 13:48, Leviticus 13:49, Leviticus 13:51, Leviticus 13:58, Leviticus 13:59), but the Revised Category:Version margin has, instead of "wrap," "woven or knitted stuff."