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WARP AND WEFT

Specialty Definition: WARP AND WEFT

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Literature

Warp and Weft or ~~~Woof.
Woof. The "warp" of a fabric are the longitudinal threads; the "weft" or "woof" are threads which run from selvage to selvage.
"W cave the warp and weave the woof,
The winding-sheet of Edward's race;
Give ample room and verge enough
The characters of hell to traco."
Gray: The Bgrd. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: WARP AND WEFT

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Texture

Texture, surface texture; intertexture, contexture; tissue, grain, web, surface; warp and woof, warp and weft; tooth, nap. (roughness); flatness (smoothness); fineness of grain; coarseness of grain, dry goods.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: WARP AND WEFT

Specialty definitions using "WARP AND WEFT": Grecian weave. (references)

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Modern Usage: WARP AND WEFT

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Movie/TV Titles

Warp and Weft (1952)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: WARP AND WEFT

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Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: WARP AND WEFT

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

warp and weft

11
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: WARP AND WEFT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-f-n-p-r-t-w-w"

-4 letters: adapter, prawned, predawn, readapt.

-5 letters: adnate, afeard, ardent, arpent, dafter, depart, enrapt, entrap, enwrap, fawned, fawner, fraena, pander, panted, parade, parent, partan, parted, pawned, pawner, pedant, pentad, petard, prated, rafted, ranted, repand, tarpan, trapan, trepan, wafted, wafter, wander, wanted, wanter, warden, warned, warped, warted, watape.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: WARP AND WEFT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 41 52 50      41 4E 44      57 45 46 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010111 01000001 01010010 01010000 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01010111 01000101 01000110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#87 &#65 &#82 &#80 &#32 &#65 &#78 &#68 &#32 &#87 &#69 &#70 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 0041 0052 0050      0041 004E 0044      0057 0045 0046 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

573552502354838257394054

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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