Read full poem →Tore the king’s letter, snow’d it down, and rent 60
The wonder of the loom thro’ warp and woof
T'rom skirt to skirt ; and at the last he sware
Dictionary Entry
The set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle; weft.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. woofthreads woofwoof robertwoof broken
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Poetry examples for “woof”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Ochre, and lapis lazuli;
The worm its golden woof presents;
Whatever runs, flies, dives, or delves,
Read full poem →As the shuttle proved
The fated warp and woof that held
When the shuttle moved;
Read full poem →Is Silence to be found,
That was the very warp and woof of you,
Lovely before your songs began and after they were through!
Read full poem →Dead, dead Adonis--and the Loves lament.
Sleep no more, Venus, wrapped in purple woof--
Wake, violet-stoled queen, and weave the crown
Read full poem →And the light vest with which his limbs are bound,
Of woof aethereal delicately twined,
Glows in the stream of the uplifting wind. _20
Read full poem →Dead, dead Adonis--and the Loves lament.
Sleep no more, Venus, wrapped in purple woof--
Wake violet-stoled queen, and weave the crown
Read full poem →Dead men who dreamed fragrance and light
Into their woof, their lives;
The rug of an honest bear
Read full poem →"Weave the warp, and weave the woof,
The winding-sheet of Edward's race. 50