Wēav'er, n.
n. 1. One who weaves; one whose occupation is to weave.
Sense 2. (Ornith.) One of a sub-family of passerine birds, natives of Africa and the East Indies;—so called because they construct curious and often pensile nests, by interweaving twigs and fibers.
Sense 3. (Entom.) An aquatic insect of the genus Gyrinus;—so called from its motions; the whirligig. See WHIRLIGIG.