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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A simplified spelling of
weave .
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| Reply | Permalink mmmm not much of a site ya got there weav, but good luck with it.
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He took them through a series of tricky maneuvers, weav - ing fearlessly in and out of traffic, jumping lights in a massed thunder of rpms, speeding the wrong way down narrow streets that left no margin for error.
Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995
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Men with special skills in metalworking, weav - ing, animal husbandry, farming, fishing, and xiv Anne McCaffrey mining formed Crafthalls in each large Hold and looked to one Mastercrafthall where the precepts of the Craft were taught and Craft skills were preserved and guarded from one generation to another.
Nerilka's Story McCaffrey, Anne 1986
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The warrior of the Palace struck first, aiming a wicked slash at Sojan's legs with his curved vilthor but the mercenary from Ilthoth jumped high in the air and attacked the other with a weav - ing arc of steel, driving him further and further back.
Elric At The End of Time Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1984
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I wuz taught ter weav ', card, spin en' nit en ter wuk in de fiel's.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives Work Projects Administration
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In thefc Indian houfes, which, contrary to the prafticc of the other iflands, were fquaie, they found large parrots, honey, wax, and iron, of which they had hatchets and looms for weav - ing their tents; and in one, they perceived a man's arm roafting on a fpit.
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102: 18 The looms of crime, hidden in the dark re - cesses of mortal thought, are every hour weav - ing webs more complicated and subtle.
Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures Mary Baker Eddy 1865
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"W'en I wuz ole er'nuff I wuz taught ter spin en weav.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives Work Projects Administration
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