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    AUTHOR:     Textile Institute (Manchester, England)
    TITLE:      Textile terms and definitions / compiled by the Textile Terms
                   and Definitions Committee ; edited by Carolyn A. Farnfield,
                   P. J. Alvey.
    EDITION:    7th ed.
    PUBL.:      Manchester, (Eng.) : Textile Institute,
    FORMAT:     v, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
    DATE:       1975
    OTHER NAME: Farnfield, Carolyn A.
                Alvey, P. J.
                Textile Institute (Manchester, Eng.) Textile Terms and
                    Definitions Committee
    SUBJECT:    Textile fabrics--Dictionaries.
                Textile industry--Dictionaries.
    ISBN:       0900739177
    LANGUAGE:   ENGLISH
    RID #:      ocm01572393

WEAVE

n. The pattern of interlacing of warp and weft in a woven fabric.

v. To form a fabric by the interlacing of warp and weft.

WARP

n. 1. Threads lengthwise in a fabric as woven.

2. A number of threads in long lengths and approximately parallel, which may be put in various forms intended for weaving,...

v. To arrange threads in long lengths parallel to one another preparatory to further processing.

WEFT (WOOF, SHUTE, SHOOT, FILLING)

n. 1. Threads widthwise in a fabric as woven.

2. Yarn intended for use as in (1).

WOVEN FABRIC

a fabric produced by the process of weaving.