woof

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January 21st, 2009 at 1: 46 pm trent, sweets, I think you wrote "woof" when you meant to write "woot" … unless woof is the new woot?

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  1. noun The threads that run crosswise in a woven fabric, at right angles to the warp threads.
  2. noun The texture of a fabric.
  3. noun The characteristically deep, gruff bark of a dog.
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  • Bramble gave a faint woof, a long way off in a dream. —  Eternity Ring - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 13: 1948
  • By day and by night he was continually weaving a mysterious woof, the threads of which seemed to grow out of the mystical palm which he carried. —  The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others
  • “Then in cycles per woof, the hum frequency would be 142 times 15.5, approximately.” He narrowed his eyes in thought. —  AnalogSFF,July-August2008
  • A yip or a yap, a whine or a woof -- if you don't want a barking dog, consider a basenji. —  HowStuffWorks Daily Feed
  • January 21st, 2009 at 1: 46 pm trent, sweets, I think you wrote "woof" when you meant to write "woot" … unless woof is the new woot? —  Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business
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  1. Alteration (influenced by warp) of Middle English oof, from Old English ōwef : ō-, on, on; see on + wefan, to weave; see webh- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Imitative.

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  1. Altered, by initial conformity with weave, weft, web, from oof, from Middle English oof, from Anglo-Saxon ōwef, ōweb, āweb, contr. to āb, woof, from āwefan in past participle āwefen, weave, from ā- + wefan, weave: see a- and weave.
 

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