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woof

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woof 1  (wf, wf)
n.
1. The threads that run crosswise in a woven fabric, at right angles to the warp threads.
2. The texture of a fabric.

[Alteration (influenced by warp) of Middle English oof, from Old English wef : -, on, on; see on + wefan, to weave; see webh- in Indo-European roots.]

woof 1
Noun
same as weft [Old English ōwef]

woof 2
Noun
an imitation of the bark of a dog
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.woofwoof - the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
thread, yarn - a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
weave - pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric
Translations

woof [wuf] n [of dog] → ladrido
viladrar;
woof, woof! → ¡guau, guau!
woof [wuf] n [of dog] → aboiement m
viaboyer;
woof, woof! → oua, oua!
woof [wuf] n [of dog] → Wau nt
vikläffen;
woof, woof! → wau, wau!
woof [wuf] n [of dog] → bau bau m
viabbaiare;
woof, woof! → bau bau!


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He has also neglected in that treatise to point out how the governors are to be distinguished from the governed; for he says, that as of one sort of wool the warp ought to be made, and of another the woof, so ought some to govern, and others to be governed.
But as if this vast local power in the tendinous tail were not enough, the whole bulk of the leviathan is knit over with a warp and woof of muscular fibres and filaments, which passing on either side the loins and running down into the flukes, insensibly blend with them, and largely contribute to their might; so that in the tail the confluent measureless force of the whole whale seems concentrated to a point.
Such, in two words, was the woof of petty interests and petty conspiracies which united Blois with Orleans and Orleans with Paris; and which was about to bring into the last named city, where she was to produce so great a revolution, the poor little La Valliere, who was far from suspecting, as she returned joyfully, leaning on the arm of her mother, for what a strange future she was reserved.
 
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