Definitions
the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
Word origin
The verb is probably derived from the interjection and the noun. Verb etymology 2, verb sense 1.2 (“to eat (food) voraciously”) may be influenced by or, alternatively, derived from wolf (“to eat (food) voraciously, devour, gobble”).
Used in a sentence
“When the plage of leproſye is in a cloth: […] that cloth ſhalbe burnt, ether warpe or wolfe, whether it be wollen or lynen or any thynge that is made of ſkynne where the plage is, […]”
“To ſpread the pall beneath the regal chair / Of ſofteſt vvoof, is bright Alcippe’s care.”
“The purple ſtain on fleecy vvoofs he ſpread, / VVhich lur'd the eye, adorning many a nymph, / And drevv the pomp of trade to riſing Tyre.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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