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weft (weft)

noun

the yarns carried by the shuttle back and forth across the warp in weaving; woof; filling

Etymology: ME < OE < base of wefan, to weave

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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