Definition of warp

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Warp (v. t.) To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise..

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Unprejudiced :: Unprejudiced (a.) Not warped or biased by prejudice; as, an unprejudiced judgment..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise..
Heddle-eye :: Heddle-eye (n.) The eye or loop formed in each heddle to receive a warp thread.
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To weave; to fabricate.
Let-off :: Let-off (n.) A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom..
Twist :: Twist (n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling..
Warp :: Warp (v.) Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17..
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking..
Stripe :: Stripe (n.) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance..
Detortion :: Detortion (n.) The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter..
Harness :: Harness (n.) The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle..
Moldwarp :: Moldwarp (n.) Alt. of Mouldwar.
Molewarp :: Molewarp (n.) See Moldwarp.
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..
Warp :: Warp (v.) A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..
Warper :: Warper (n.) One who, or that which, forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom..
Warpage :: Warpage (n.) The act of warping; also, a charge per ton made on shipping in some harbors..
Bier :: Bier (n.) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.
Fray :: Fray (v. i.) To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly..
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