The spider Nephila inaurata

The weaving of figured fancy fabrics.

(transitive) To fill or block up with wedges. / (intransitive, UK, prison slang) To barricade oneself in one's cell.

(simile) Very weak.

(archaic) Violent winds, especially those unfavourable to vessels at sea.

plural of stress of weather

A suburban area of the borough of Harrow, Greater London.

(transitive) To endure all the way; to hold out against till the end.

(archaic) To conciliate; to flatter.

The bird Ploceus cucullatus, native to sub-Saharan Africa.