An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
WEFT
woof, weft, filling, pick
(noun) the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
weft (plural wefts)
(weaving) The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.
(weaving) The yarn used for the weft; the fill.
(hairdressing) A hair extension that is glued directly to a person′s natural hair.
Synonyms
• (threads interlaced through the warp): woof
• (yarn used for the threads interlaced through the warp): fill
Etymology 2
Noun
weft (plural wefts)
(obsolete) Something cast away; a waif.
Source: Wiktionary
Weft, obs.
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Wave.
Weft, n. Etym: [Cf. Waif.]
Definition: A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif. [Obs.] "A forlorn weft." Spenser.
Weft, n. Etym: [AS. weft, wefta, fr. wefan, to weave. See Weave.]
1. The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.
2. A web; a thing woven.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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