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Texture; cloth; as, a pall of softest woof. Pope.

The European blackbird. "The woofell near at hand that hath a golden bill." Drayton.

Having a close texture; dense; as, a woofy cloud. J. Baillie.

The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.

he richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad. [Spelt also baudkin, baudkyn, bawdekin, and baldakin.] Nares.

A cloth with a cotton wart, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk.

To take with toils or bring into toils; to insnare. [R.] Entoiled in woofed phantasies. Keats.

The woof in woven fabrics.

r into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly. A suit of frayed magnificience. tennyson.

A silk cloth, of a thick, close texture, and overshot woof, which has a glossy surface. Cloths of gold and satins rich of hue. Chaucer. Denmark satin, a kind of lasting; a stout worsted stuff, woven with a satin twill, used for women's shoes. -- Farmer's satin. See under Farmer. -- Satin bird (Zoöl.), an Australian b…

An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp. Like shuttles through the loom, so swiftly glide My feathered hours. Sandys.

The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.

The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.