a. Obs. rare–1. [f. WEAVER sb. + -LY1.] As a depreciatory epithet: Like a weaver.
1643. J. White, First Cent. Scandalous Malignant Priests, 47. [He] calls his parishioners … Plow joggers, Bawling doggs, Weaverly Iacks, and Church-Robbers.
a. Obs. rare–1. [f. WEAVER sb. + -LY1.] As a depreciatory epithet: Like a weaver.
1643. J. White, First Cent. Scandalous Malignant Priests, 47. [He] calls his parishioners … Plow joggers, Bawling doggs, Weaverly Iacks, and Church-Robbers.
