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Cassinette :: Cassinette (n.) A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk..

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..

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..

Cretonne :: Cretonne (n.) A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.

Warper :: Warper (n.) One who, or that which, forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom..

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

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

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..

Let-off :: Let-off (n.) A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom..

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

Cast :: Cast (n.) Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp..

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..

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

Warper :: Warper (n.) One who, or that which, warps or twists out of shape..

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

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..

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

Warping :: Warping (n.) The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver.

Unwarped :: Unwarped (a.) Not warped; hence, not biased; impartial..

Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking..

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