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Search phrase: woven

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Henry VIIIH8 IV.i.80Could say ‘This is my wife’ there, all were wovenCould say this is my wife there, all were wouen
King Edward IIIE3 III.iv.44Franticly rends and bites the woven toil;Frantiquely wrends and byts the wouen toyle,
The Merchant of VeniceMV I.i.14As they fly by them with their woven wings.As they flye by them with their wouen wings.
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.ii.121The painter plays the spider, and hath wovenThe Painter plaies the Spider, and hath wouen

Poems

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Venus and AdonisVen.266 And now his woven girths he breaks asunder; And now his wouen girthes he breaks asunder,

Glossary

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braidedplaited, woven, divided into locks
ill-weavedpoorly woven
kerseycoarsely woven plain woollen cloth
sedgedmade from sedges, woven from reeds
twilled[unclear meaning] woven with osiers, tangled
weaved-upwoven together, intertwined

Thesaurus

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coarsely woven plain woollen clothkersey
osiers, woven with twilled
poorly wovenill-weaved
reeds, woven fromsedged
wovenbraided
woven togetherweaved-up
woven with osierstwilled
woven, poorlyill-weaved

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
WOVENBASICsee WEAVE

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