misweave

misweave noun: an imperfection or defect in fabric that results from an error in the process of weaving.

Noun

misweave (plural misweaves)

An imperfection or defect in fabric that results from an error in the process of weaving.
- By imperfect, we mean a streaked gore or probably a misweave here and there.1909, William Borsodi, Advertising Cyclopedia of Selling Phrases, page 1075
- Any misweave voided that day's production.2012, Al Hampel, Sticking My Ads Out: It’s Not Creative Unless It Sells., page A-8
(broadly) An anomaly or aberration.
- Maybe this is just an aberration. The misweave in the kilim which placates Allah.2001, Mameve Medwed, Mail
- Either way it wasn't much of an invitation to Reggie into the dark misweave of the material world.2001, Stephen Beachy, Distortion, page 76

misweave (third-person singular simple present misweaves, present participle misweaving, simple past miswove, past participle miswoven)

To weave improperly.
- Were some ordained their lives in pits to spend, From infant years until their latter end, Nor see creation, hill nor dell nor grove, Their threads of life misspun, the web miswove, Without due knowledge, in their dark abode, Of fellow-man, far less the living God?1861, John Ritchie, The Sabbeth Bell, page 14
- though Fraud misweave Such shapes as His and thine, to disbelieve That ye exist—we dare!1877, Thomas Cooper, The Poetical Works of Thomas Cooper, page 142

The huge bolts of cloth had to be checked for imperfections such as slubs and misweaves.2014, Thomas Allison, Moonshine Memories, page 98:
The Weaver breaks no threads, loses none, misweaves none.1888, David James Burrell, The Religions of the World, page 61:

Noun
plural	misweaves
Verb
third-person singular present	misweaves
present participle	misweaving
past	miswove
past participle	miswoven

From mis- + weave.

What does misweave mean?: Misweave means an imperfection or defect in fabric that results from an error in the process of weaving.
How do you use misweave in a sentence?: The huge bolts of cloth had to be checked for imperfections such as slubs and misweaves.
What part of speech is misweave?: Misweave can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of misweave?: The plural of misweave is misweaves.

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