Weft vs Woof - What's the difference?
weft | woof | Synonyms |
(weaving) The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.
* 1964 February 6, Kurt Greenwood, New looms that streamline weaving'', '' ,
* 1979 , Eric Broudy, The Book of Looms: A History of the Handloom from Ancient Times to the Present ,
* 1993 , Anni Albers, On Weaving , note on Plate 17,
(weaving) The yarn used for the weft; the fill.
(hairdressing) A hair extension that is glued directly to a person?s natural hair.
* 2009 , Cosmetologists'', ''150 Great Tech Prep Careers , 2nd Edition,
* 2011 , Ryan Rayston, The Quiet Sound of Disappearing , AuthorHouse,
* 2012 , , Milady Standard Cosmetology ,
the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle.
A fabric; the texture of a fabric.
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Woof is a synonym of weft.
As nouns the difference between weft and woof
is that weft is the horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric while woof is the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle.As an interjection woof is
expression of strong physical attraction for someone.As a verb woof is
to make a woofing sound.As an acronym woof is
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English
(wikipedia weft)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)page 356,
- It is all the more remarkable therefore that in one respect — weft' colours — some of the pirnless looms are more versatile than conventional machines. Figure 6 shows the colour mechanism of a conventional loom designed to weave six colours of ' weft (there is never any problem about colour patterning in the warp).
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- Other techniques for shaping included angling one or both loom bars, adding extra wefts , or adjusting warp tension.
page 48,
- To give greater firmness to the basket-weave plain weave, thin weft' threads can be introduced that will be covered by the heavier pattern ' wefts of the basket weave.
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- Teaching tools include mannequins, slip-ons, hair wefts , rectangles, and profiles.
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- Then, she held up the hair as it would look on my head. She positioned it like a pro, holding wefts of human hair so that it looked like it grew from my scalp.
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- In the bonding' method of attaching hair extensions, hair '''wefts''' or single strands are attached with an adhesive or bonding agent. The adhesive is applied to the ' weft with an applicator gun.
Synonyms
* (threads interlaced through the warp) woof * (yarn used for the threads interlaced through the warp) fill *Etymology 2
Compare waif.woof
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) oof, owf, from (etyl) , from Proto-Germanic *webanan'' (to weave), from Proto-Indo-European ''*webh-''/''*wobh- (to weave, to lace together).Noun
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