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Bombazine :: Bombazine (n.) A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments..

Guess Rope :: Guess rope () A guess warp.

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.

Cassinette :: Cassinette (n.) A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk..

Warp :: Warp (v.) The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board..

Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.

Separator :: Separator (n.) An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc..

Stamen :: Stamen (n.) A thread; especially, a warp thread..

Warping :: Warping (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, warps..

Molewarp :: Molewarp (n.) See Moldwarp.

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object..

Casting :: Casting (n.) The warping of a board.

Bier :: Bier (n.) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.

Twist :: Twist (n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling..

Weft :: Weft (n.) The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning..

Chain :: Chain (n.) The warp threads of a web.

Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..

Dispassionate :: Dispassionate (a.) Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed..

Bitts :: Bitts (n. pl.) A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc..

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