Careful Words

woof (n.)

These my sky-robes spun out of Iris' woof.

John Milton (1608-1674): Comus. Line 83.

Weave the warp, and weave the woof,

The winding-sheet of Edward's race.

Give ample room and verge enough

The characters of hell to trace.

Thomas Gray (1716-1771): The Bard. II. 1, Line 1.