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woof n

(weaving) The set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp; the weft. (by extension) A woven fabric; also, the texture of a fabric. (by extension, loosely, chiefly poetic) The thread or yarn used to form the weft of woven fabric; the fill, the weft. (obsolete, rare) Synonym of weaving (“the process of making woven material on a loom”) (figurative) Something which is interwoven with another thing. An underlying foundation or structure of something; a fabric. [...] The sound a dog makes when barking; a bark. (by extension) A sound resembling a dog's bark; specifically (sound engineering), a low-frequency sound of bad quality produced by a loudspeaker. [...]

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