† well weavingn.
Obsolete. rare.
Skilful weaving.
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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxv. sig. Ee6 The same disdainefull scorne, which Pallas shewed to poore Arachne, that durst contende with her for the prize of well weauing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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n.a1586- to be set round with
- to be set sentinel
- to be set up for
- to be set with
- to be settled of
- to be severe on
- to be severe upon
- to be shacked
- to be shacked up
- to be sharp or keen set
- to be sharp upon
- to be shet of
- to be ship-mates with
- to be shipmates with
- to be shitting it
- to be shook on
- to be shooting blanks
- to be shorn
- to be shorn a monk
- to be shorn in
- to be shorn of its beams
- to be shorn of one's strength , of one's authority, privileges
- to be shorn of one's strength ? in allusion to the story of samson, of one's authority, privileges
- to be short
- to be shorter by a head