Definition of warp

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

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Warp :: Warp (v.) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof..
Separator :: Separator (n.) An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc..
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..
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects..
Reed :: Reed (n.) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten..
Valencia :: Valencia (n.) A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton..
Heddle-eye :: Heddle-eye (n.) The eye or loop formed in each heddle to receive a warp thread.
Stamen :: Stamen (n.) A thread; especially, a warp thread..
Trawlwarp :: Trawlwarp (n.) A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To cast prematurely, as young; -- 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..
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.
Mouldwarp :: Mouldwarp (n.) See Mole the animal.
Warp :: Warp (v.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed..
Warping :: Warping (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, warps..
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..
Twist :: Twist (n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling..
Renter :: Renter (v. t.) To restore the original design of, by working in new warp; -- said with reference to tapestry..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter..
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