weft

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

WEFT, old preterit tense of wave. WEFT, noun [from weave.] 1. To woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp. 2. A web; a thing woven. WEFT, noun A thing waved, waived, or cast away. [Not used.] [See Waif.]
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