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Vinony

weft

noun

  1. crosswise thread drawn over and under a warp to make cloth
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /wɛft/

noun

Etymology: Compare waif.

  1. Alternative spelling of waif.

    “The gentle Lady, loose at randon left, / The greene-wood long did walke, and wander wide / At wilde aduenture, like a forlorne weft,”

    “[Y]ou are Lord o'the ſoyle Sir, Lilly is a Weft, a Stray, ſhee's yours, to uſe Sir, […]”

phrase

  1. Acronym of wing(s), engine(s), fuselage(s), tail(s), a mnemonic for airplane identification, of most the most identifiable parts of the aeroplane, that can be used to distinguish one aircraft from another.