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A weaver's reed. [Spelt also slaie.]

No longer hostile; friendly. [Obs.] Beau & Fl. Sociable bird, or Sociable weaver (Zoöl.), a weaver bird which builds composite nests. See Republican, n., 3. (b).

A stocking weaver.

The African rufous-necked weaver bird (Hyphantornis texor).

; -- sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver. Tomlinson. To throw away. (a) To lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; to bestow without a compensation; as, to throw away time; to throw away money. (b) To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good offer. --…

One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.

A weaver's cutting instrument; for severing the loops of the pile threads of velvet.

A weaver's knife. See Trevat. Knight. Trivet table, a table supported by three legs. Dryden.

or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league; as, the weavers have formed a union; trades unions have become very numerous; the United States of America are often called the Union. A. Hamilton.

A fuller of cloth. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] She cursed the weaver and the walker The cloth that had wrought. Percy's Reliques.

The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver. Craig. Warping bank, a bank of earth raised round a field to retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land. Craig. -- Warping hook, a hook used by rope makers for hanging the yarn on, when warping it into hauls for tarring. -- Warping mill, a mac…

horse's head, neck, and body, from side to side, fancied to resemble the motion of a hand weaver in throwing the shuttle. Youatt.

A weaver. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One who forms webs; a weaver; a webster. [Obs.]

A weaver; originally, a female weaver. [Obs.] Brathwait.

anner, but they are also able to dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also weaver, whirlwig, and whirlwig beetle.