Definition of "woof" []

• The threads that run crosswise in a woven fabric, at right angles to the warp threads. (noun)
• The texture of a fabric. (noun)
• The characteristically deep, gruff bark of a dog. (noun)
• A sound similar to a woof. (noun)
• To make this sound. (verb-intransitive)

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• "They are then called upon to "weave the warp, and weave the woof," perhaps, with no great propriety; for it is by crossing the _woof_ with the _warp_ that men _weave_ the _web_ or piece; and the first line was dearly bought by the admission of its wretched correspondent, "give ample room and verge enough [198].""
• "'are called upon to "Weave the warp, and weave the woof," perhaps with no great propriety; for it is by crossing the _woof_ with the _warp_ that men weave the _web_ or piece; and the first line was dearly bought by the admission of its wretched correspondent, "Give ample room and verge enough.""
• "STRANGER: Again, if a person were to say that the art of making the warp and the woof was the art of weaving, he would say what was paradoxical and false."