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Unwarp :: Unwarp (v. t.) To restore from a warped state; to cause to be linger warped.

Twister :: Twister (n.) One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving..

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..

Warping :: Warping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of War.

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

Swaddle :: Swaddle (v. t.) To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby..

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

Tapestry :: Tapestry (n.) A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery..

Pace :: Pace (n.) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web..

Heck :: Heck (n.) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine..

Fringe :: Fringe (n.) An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like..

Heddle :: Heddle (v. t.) To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving..

Warp :: Warp (v.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed..

Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc..

Cretonne :: Cretonne (n.) A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.

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..

Valencia :: Valencia (n.) A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton..

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To weave; to fabricate.

Woof :: Woof (n.) The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.

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

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