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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1754-2000
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WEAVE, v. Also waeve (Sh. 1916 J. Burgess Rasmie's Smaa Murr (September 6)); weyve, wyve (Abd. 1954 Banffshire Jnl. (26 Jan.)), wive; †wefe. Pa.t. strong wove; wuive (s.Sc. 1873 D.S.C.S. 209, Bwk. 1942 Wettstein) [wøv]; weive (Bnff. 1782 Caled. Mercury (14 Aug.)), ‡weeve (ne.Sc. 1973), †weave [wi:v]; weak weaved (Rxb. 1942 Zai), weavt, wyved (Abd. 1943 W. S. Forsyth Guff o' Waur 58), weivt (ne.Sc. 1973). Pa.p. strong waven; wuven (s.Sc. 1873 D.S.C.S. 209; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein) [wøvn]; wiv(v)en (Abd. 1880 W. Robbie Glendornie iv., 1933 J. H. Smythe Blethers 38, Abd. 1973), weiven (Mry. 1887 A. G. Wilken Peter Laing 26), w(e)yven [wɪvn; wivn]; weak weyvt (s.Sc. 1873 D.S.C.S. 209; ne.Sc., Ags. 1973) [wivt; ne.Sc., Ags. wəivt] Sc. forms and usages. [wiv; ne.Sc. wəiv, see P.L.D. §126.2; Sh., em.Sc. (a) wev]
1. Sc. forms of Eng. weave. Ags. 1994 Mary McIntosh in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 152:
It's my haunds I notice maist, real fite an bonny wi the veins showin, a touch bluachie. Nivir thocht tae hae haunds like this. Weel, ye widnae efter forty years wyvin at the jute. I wis a guid wyver.Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 40:
Bit Mains is in a bog o swyte, his winkers fite wi styoo.
He's stecht in's wivven draavers an sair hankit in's surtoo.
He's burssen, fool an yokie an crochlie i the queets.
The verra feet o him's roassen an fair lowpin in his beets.Abd. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The Singing Bird 9:
An fa can snib the door o Time wi feint a backwird teet
At sonsie simmer's reamin quaich wi barley bree replete,
Fin aa Cromar's a reeshlin loch o sweyin fuskered heids,
An douce Loch Davan's emerant waves wyve doucely roon its reeds?
Sc. usages: 2. To knit, esp. stockings (Abd. 1825 Jam.; ne.Sc., Ags. 1973). See also Shank, n., 3. Vbl.n. weavin, wyvein, the act of knitting, a piece of knitted wool (Sc. 1787 J. Beattie Scoticisms 106; Abd. 1882 G. MacDonald Castle Warlock xlix.; ne.Sc., Ags. 1973). Comb. weivin-weer, a knitting-needle.Ayr. 1785 Burns Ep. to J. Lapraik ii.:
On Fasten-e'en we had a rockin, To ca' the crack and weave our stockin.Abd. 1832 W. Scott Poems 47:
Her wark was shanks, that keepit up our store, I think she weeve them aye to Provost Moir.Ags. 1853 W. Blair Aberbrothock 61:
She taucht the bairns to read the carritches an' the Proverbs, an' weave stockins.Abd. 1879 A. F. Murison Memoirs (1935) 210:
He was a steady worker all day and weave stockings at times in the Evenings.Abd. 1882 W. Alexander My Ain Folk 230:
Dropping his big "wyv'n bonnet" over the toddling creature's head.Abd. 1905 W. Watson Auld Lang Syne 282:
This worsted they knitted into stockings which was called "wyvin' at the factory shank."ne.Sc. 1915 W. S. Bruce Nor' East 33:
I houp it winna be throu' afore I get ma stockin' wuven for the sodgers.Abd. 1929 P. Grey Ravelled Yarn 18:
Samples o' yer verra best wyvein'.Ags. 1945 Scots Mag. (April) 39:
Fa keeps me eident weyvin' 'oo?Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick i.:
A'se tak ma shank an' weive in 'e glowmin. . . . Av'e tint ae loop an' A canna get ma weivin-weer in o' annidder een.Bnff. 1987:
Wyvin is knitting in general not only stockings. Bnff. 1993:
Ma mither used tae sit in front of the fire wyvin socks for ma faither.
2. To make a herring-net, to construct the mesh-work (ne.Sc., Ags. 1973).
3. Vbl.n. weavin, -en, †wefen (Ags. 1736 A. J. Warden Burgh Laws Dundee (1872) 458), †wiffin (Dmf. 1825 Jam.), in phr. †in a weavin, in a moment, in a jiffy (n.Sc. 1710 T. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas Aeneis; Abd. 1825 Jam.), sc. from the motion of the shuttle in a loom.Abd. 1754 R. Forbes Journal 29:
In a weaven the house wis gain like Lowren-fair; for you wou'd na' hard day nar door.
