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A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.ii.20Weaving spiders, come not here;Weauing Spiders come not heere,

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bone[weaving] bobbin made of bone
distaffdevice for weaving, spindle
PenelopeUlysses' wife, who waited 20 years for his return from Troy; she told suitors she had to finish weaving a shroud for Ulysses' father before she could remarry, and undid the work each night

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weavingAriachne
weavingPenelope
weavingwoof
weavingthrum
weavingbraided
weavingweaved-up
weavingill-weaved
weaving, device fordistaff

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Classical mythology... she told her suitors she had to finish weaving a shroud for ulysses&rsquo father befor...

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