weft in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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Infected larvae appear shrunken, pale buff, covered by a weft of hyphae, with or without the production of ascomata.
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The word selvedge is derived from "self-edge", the edge of the cloth where the weft is turned back as it returns through the shed.
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When the weft is floating on the back, this is known as a continuous brocade; the supplementary weft runs from selvage to selvage.
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It is made by passing the weft threads over one warp thread and then under two or more warp threads.
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Silk was used in weft designs and in the borders, whereas cotton was used in the body of the fabric.
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It is made of carded, medium or fine yarns, where the colouring is on the warp yarns and always along the grain (weft).
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The weave is almost identical with that of modern kilims, and has about fourteen threads of warp and sixteen threads of weft to the inch.
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The weft passes across the loom in a shuttle, that carries the yarn on a pirn.
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Sometimes the weave varies when making baskets by passing the weft over two, under two, or over one, under two.
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It is called a corded fabric since the weft resembles a fine cord.
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