Definition of weaving

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Weaving (n.) 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..

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Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.
Intertexture :: Intertexture (n.) The act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven; that which is interwoven..
Matting :: Matting (v. t. & i.) The act of interweaving or tangling together so as to make a mat; the process of becoming matted.
Minerva :: Minerva (n.) The goddess of wisdom, of war, of the arts and sciences, of poetry, and of spinning and weaving; -- identified with the Grecian Pallas Athene..
Textorial :: Textorial (a.) Of or pertaining to weaving.
Fugue :: Fugue (n.) A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, continuing their several melodies and interweaving them in one complex progressive whole, in which the theme is often lost and reappears..
Grafting :: Grafting (n.) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc..
Felt :: Felt (n.) A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving..
Griff :: Griff (n.) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.
Retexture :: Retexture (n.) The act of weaving or forming again.
Weave :: Weave (v. i.) To practice weaving; to work with a loom.
Weft :: Weft (n.) The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.
Weaving :: Weaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weav.
Braid :: Braid (n.) A plait, band, or narrow fabric formed by intertwining or weaving together different strands..
Frail :: Frail (n.) A rush for weaving baskets.
Drawloom :: Drawloom (n.) A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns; -- called also drawboy.
Splice :: Splice (v. t.) To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope..
Twister :: Twister (n.) One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving..
Textile :: Textile (n.) That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving..
Edder :: Edder (v. t.) To bind the top interweaving edder; as, to edder a hedge..
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