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ind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unite by close connection or intermixture; to unite intimately. This weaves itself, perforce, into my business. Shak. That in their green shops weave the smooth-haired silk To deck her sons. Milto…

One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave. "Weavers of linen." P. Plowman.

See Weever.

To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven. Under the hospitable covert nigh Of trees thick interwoven. Milton.

To weave in or together; to intermix or intertwine by weaving; to interlace. Down they cast Their crowns, inwove with amaranth and gold. Milton.

A style of weaving producing smooth-faced fabric in which the warp interlaces with the filling at points distributed over the surface.

To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven.

Among weaves, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.

A soft fabric with a kind of basket weave and a diapered pattern.

The East Indian weaver bird (Ploceus Philippinus).

A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam.

To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait. Braid your locks with rosy twine. Milton.

Paste used by weavers to dress their webs. Buchanan.

artifice and collusion. Atterbury. By the ignorance of the merchants or dishonesty of the weavers, or the collusion of both, the ware was bad and the price excessive. Swift.

To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.

A dressing of flour and water used by weavers; a mixture of oil and tallow for dressing leather; daubing.

To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.

To interweave; to intertwine. [Obs.] Spenser.

ies which give attractiveness to wisdom, love, and social intercourse. The Graces love to weave the rose. Moore. The Loves delighted, and the Graces played. Prior.

sect, founded in Würtemburg in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their property in common. In 1803, a portion of this sect settled in Pennsylvania and called the village thus established, Harmony.