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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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..
Warping :: Warping (n.) The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver.
Detortion :: Detortion (n.) The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping..
Griff :: Griff (n.) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.
Helicoid :: Helicoid (n.) A warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line shall have a uniform motion in the direction of another fixed straight line, and at the same time a uniform angular motion about it..
Warp :: Warp (v.) The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter..
Warp :: Warp (v.) A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..
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..
Cassinette :: Cassinette (n.) A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk..
Unprejudiced :: Unprejudiced (a.) Not warped or biased by prejudice; as, an unprejudiced judgment..
Warping :: Warping (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, warps..
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..
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
Guess Warp :: Guess warp () A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object.
Warper :: Warper (n.) One who, or that which, forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom..
Warp :: Warp (v.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To weave; to fabricate.
Melton :: Melton (n.) A kind of stout woolen cloth with unfinished face and without raised nap. A commoner variety has a cotton warp.
Warp :: Warp (v.) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof..
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