Read full poem →bay that ties aforiong^mic to dit north- weft
Dictionary Entry
The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. weftthreads weftthread weftyarns weftyarn weftweft supplementaryweft pattern
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Poetry examples for “weft”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Some old tomb's ruin; yonder weed
Took up the floating weft, 15
Read full poem →Out of the Sea came he;
And broad as a weft upon the left
Went down into the Sea.
Read full poem →Worn horses mused: “We are not whipped to-day”;
No weft-winged engines blurred the moon’s thin horn.
Read full poem →Weave in red blood! weave sinews in, like ropes! the senses, sight weave in!
Weave lasting sure! weave day and night the weft, the warp, incessant weave! tire not!
(We know not what the use, O life! nor know the aim, the end—nor really aught we
Read full poem →World take good notice, silver stars fading,
Milky hue ript, weft of white detaching,
Coals thirty-eight, baleful and burning,
Read full poem →Out of the Sea came he;
And broad as a weft upon the left
Went down into the Sea.