What is weave?

Famous quotes containing the word weave:

    “As flames do work and wind when they ascend,
    So did I weave myself into the sense.”
    —George Herbert (1593–1633)

    ““I weave the shoes of Sorrow:
    Soundless shall be the footfall light
    In all men’s ears of Sorrow,
    Sudden and light.””
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “To leave a living name behind,
    And weave but nets to catch the wind.”
    —John Webster (c. 1580–1638)