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Separator :: Separator (n.) An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc..

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

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.) Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17..

Heddle :: Heddle (n.) One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom..

Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To warp; to become twisted out of shape.

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.

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..

Abb :: Abb (n.) Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb..

Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.

Warproof :: Warproof (n.) Valor tried by war.

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.

Warp :: Warp (v.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser..

Bier :: Bier (n.) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.

Raddle :: Raddle (n.) An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width, and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom..

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..

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.

Warp :: Warp (v.) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof..

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

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

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