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Weaver2. World English Historical Dictionary

Weaver2. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1928, rev. 2024. Weaver2 [f. WEAVE v.2 + -ER1.] A horse that ‘weaves’ or rolls the neck and body from side to side.

1 1847.  T. Brown, Modern Farriery, 387. Animals of an impatient, irritable temper,… will sometimes keep moving their head, neck, and body to and fro, like the motion of a weaver’s shuttle: these have been called weavers.

2 1863.  Mrs. Gaskell, Sylvia’s L., xi. T’ horse was a weaver, if iver one was.

3 1880.  W. Day, Racehorse in Training, i. 6. If a horse is a weaver put him into a box, for in it he is more contented and often forgets his tricks.

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