Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that weaves.
- noun A weaverbird.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who weaves; one whose occupation is weaving.
- noun In ornithology, a weaver-bird.
- noun In entomology:
- noun A gyrinid beetle; a whirligig: so called from its intricate circlings and gyrations on the surface of the water. See
whirligig , 4, and cut underGyrinidæ . - noun A spinning-spider; a true araneid which weaves a web.
- noun In ichthyology, same as
weever .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave.
- noun (Zoöl.) A weaver bird.
- noun (Zoöl.) An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. See
Whirling . - noun (Zoöl.) any one of numerous species of Asiatic, Fast Indian, and African birds belonging to Ploceus and allied genera of the family
Ploceidæ . Weaver birds resemble finches and sparrows in size, colors, and shape of the bill. They construct pensile nests composed of interlaced grass and other similar materials. In some of the species the nest is retort-shaped, with the opening at the bottom of the tube. - noun (Zoöl.) an East Indian marine univalve shell (
Radius volva ); -- so called from its shape. SeeIllust. of Shuttle shell, underShuttle .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
weaves . - noun Any bird in the family Ploceidae.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
- noun a craftsman who weaves cloth
Etymologies
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Examples
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Farther down the street, towards the Zocalo a small store sells hand-woven rebozas and clothing and while the weaver is at work on his back-strap loom (weekends only).
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Farther down the street, towards the Zocalo a small store sells hand-woven rebozas and clothing and while the weaver is at work on his back-strap loom (weekends only).
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In that work the term weaver is used almost unfailingly to describe those who worked in the hand-loom industry.
Colonial Lists/Indian Power: Identity Politics in Nineteenth Century Telugu-Speaking India 2001
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A radical weaver is on trial and defends himself by saying that he'd done and said nothing that hadn't been done or said by Our Lord.
Superb 1-2 For Scots Judge Laban 2006
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The story of the uprooted basket weaver is a parable for the kind of vessel that Monique Truong has fashioned in The Book of Salt.
The Book of Salt: Summary and book reviews of The Book of Salt by Monique Truong. 2002
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The word weaver means so little in these days that it is necessary to consider what were the conditions exacted of the weavers of tapestries in the time of tapestry's highest perfection.
The Tapestry Book Helen Churchill Hungerford Candee 1905
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117 And a report of fifty years after Havell claims that the industry only survived that long because "the weaver is content with low wages."
Colonial Lists/Indian Power: Identity Politics in Nineteenth Century Telugu-Speaking India 2001
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Sparrows, (otherwise known as weaver-finches), maybe.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2008
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ROBERTS: Yes, I mean you can see him there taking a classic, what's called weaver stance with two hands on the weapon, you know gives you a very good accuracy in firing, particularly at close range.
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Otherwise known as weaver-finches in their native Europe and Africa.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2006
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