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Warping :: Warping (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, warps..

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..

Lathe :: Lathe (n.) The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten..

Unprejudiced :: Unprejudiced (a.) Not warped or biased by prejudice; as, an unprejudiced judgment..

Mouldwarp :: Mouldwarp (n.) See Mole the animal.

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

Guess Rope :: Guess rope () A guess warp.

Renter :: Renter (v. t.) To restore the original design of, by working in new warp; -- said with reference to tapestry..

Warp :: Warp (v. i.) to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve..

Warpage :: Warpage (n.) The act of warping; also, a charge per ton made on shipping in some harbors..

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..

End :: End (n.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.

Shed :: Shed (v. t.) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle..

Bitts :: Bitts (n. pl.) A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc..

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..

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..

Moldwarp :: Moldwarp (n.) Alt. of Mouldwar.

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..

Card :: Card (n.) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard..

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