▪ I. weef
(wiːf)
Also wef.
[? Var. of weeth, dial. f. withe n.]
(See quot.)
| 1832 Planting 90 in Husb. (L.U.K.) III, Bavins. House-faggots, bound with two withers or weefs. Ibid., The tops of hedge-stakes, coopers' ware, &c., bound with one wither or wef. Ibid., Withers or weefs. The pliant shoots of hazel, ash, willow, &c., for binding the spray and prunings of trees into faggots, brooms, &c. |
▪ II. weef, weeft
see weffe, weft.