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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Warp :: Warp (v. i.) to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion..
Trawlwarp :: Trawlwarp (n.) A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet..
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..
Warp :: Warp (v.) The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board..
Raddle :: Raddle (n.) An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width, and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom..
Shed :: Shed (n.) The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads..
Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
Warproof :: Warproof (n.) Valor tried by war.
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects..
Cretonne :: Cretonne (n.) A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.
Beam :: Beam (n.) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.
Warping :: Warping (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, warps..
Mouldwarp :: Mouldwarp (n.) See Mole the animal.
Cretonne :: Cretonne (n.) A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.
Casting :: Casting (n.) The warping of a board.
Stamen :: Stamen (n.) A thread; especially, a warp thread..
Twill :: Twill (v. t.) An appearance of diagonal lines or ribs produced in textile fabrics by causing the weft threads to pass over one and under two, or over one and under three or more, warp threads, instead of over one and under the next in regular succession, as in plain weaving..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance..
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