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Definition of weaver
1 : one that weaves especially as an occupation
2 : any of numerous Old World passerine birds (family Ploceidae) that resemble finches and typically construct elaborate nests of interlaced vegetation
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Ralph Brooks Vincent was born on March 20, 1939, in Cumberland to Ralph Vincent, a truck driver, and Evelyn Snyder, a weaver.
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The weavers during the Colonial era spun fibers for clothing, blankets, quilts, and rugs.
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Look up to the right, at the back of the American Hotel, to glimpse a towering portrait of a Navajo weaver by artist El Mac.
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The store, founded in 1974 by owner and professional weaver Marcy Johnson, offers supplies used for knitting, crocheting, felting, weaving, spinning, dyeing, and other fiber arts.
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With a surface area of 83,994 ha and a population of 184,253, this biosphere reserve is home to endemic species such as the Usambara eagle owl, the Usambara weaver and the African violet.
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Television presenter, transvestite, tapestry-weaver and ceramicist Grayson Perry is very much one of the latter.
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The all-white furnishings are paired with Bolivian textiles: an Apple store designed by an Andean weaver.
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That date brings an exhibition of seven regional weavers, history tours and more. – HS Sunday ▪ Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op.
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First Known Use of weaver
14th century
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