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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Weft \Weft\, obs.
   imp. & p. p. of {Wave}.

Weft \Weft\, n. [Cf. {Waif}.]
   A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif. [Obs.] ``A
   forlorn weft.'' --Spenser.

Weft \Weft\, n. [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.

Source : WordNet®

weft
     n : the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving [syn: {woof},
          {filling}, {pick}]
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