Definition of weaver

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Weaver (n.) An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. See Whirling.

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Web :: Web (n.) A weaver.
Stockish :: Stockinger (n.) A stocking weaver.
Abb :: Abb (n.) Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb..
Kendal :: Kendal () A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland, England..
Sley :: Sley (v. t.) To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed; -- a term used by weavers. See Sleave, and Sleid..
Weaverfish :: Weaverfish (n.) See Weever.
Webster :: Webster (n.) A weaver; originally, a female weaver..
Trivet :: Trivet (n.) A weaver's knife. See Trevat.
Sleave :: Sleave (v. t.) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term..
Sleid :: Sleid (v. t.) To sley, or prepare for use in the weaver's sley, or slaie..
Heddling :: Heddling (vb. n.) The act of drawing the warp threads through the heddle-eyes of a weaver's harness; the harness itself.
Loom :: Loom (n.) A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making..
Slaie :: Slaie (n.) A weaver's reed; a sley.
Weaver :: Weaver (n.) An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. See Whirling.
Union :: Union (n.) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league; as, the weavers have formed a union; trades unions have become very numerous; the United States of America are often called the Union..
Thrum :: Thrum (n.) One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these..
Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; -- sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver..
Oxbird :: Oxbird (n.) An African weaver bird (Textor alector).
Sley :: Sley (v. t.) A weaver's reed.
Warping :: Warping (n.) The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver.
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