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Weaver
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- 1 A surname originating as an occupation for a weaver.
"The oldest Weaver girls, Sara, 16, and Rachel, 10, were unharmed, as was their infant sister, Elisheba, whom Vicki had been holding when a sniper’s bullet crashed into her head."
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Calhoun County, Alabama.
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Grant County, Indiana.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; An abandoned settlement in Douglas County, Kansas, a victim of frequent flooding.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wabasha County, Minnesota.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia.
- 8 A river in Cheshire, England.
- 1 A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.
"The Silks, varniſh'd Works, Ink, Paper, and in general every thing that comes, both from Nan-king and the other Cities of the Province, which carry on an aſtoniſhing Trade, is much more eſteem'd and dear, than what is brought from other Provinces. In the City Shang-hay only, and the Villages belonging to it, they reckon above 200,000 Weavers of Callico."
- 2 finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests wordnet
- 3 A horizontal strand of material used in basket weaving.
"To add a new weaver, simply soak a new one, slide one end under a rib (over the old weaver) and continue weaving with both of them until the old one runs out. […] If your weaver has dried, rewet it and weave several rows as in Diagram 26."
- 4 a craftsman who weaves cloth wordnet
- 5 A weaverbird.
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- 6 An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus.
- 7 Any of certain spider species, such as the sheet weaver or the funnel weaver, so named because they spin interesting and characteristic webs.
- 8 Any of certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae.
Etymology
From Middle English wevere, wever, from Old English *wefere, *wifre, *wæfre (“weaver”, in compounds), from Proto-West Germanic *webārī. By surface analysis, weave + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Weeuwer (“weaver”), Dutch wever (“weaver”), German Low German Wever (“weaver”), German Weber (“weaver”), Swedish vävare (“weaver”), Icelandic vefari (“weaver”).
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