Definition of warp

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Warp (v. t.) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.

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Bier :: Bier (n.) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.
Satinet :: Satinet (n.) A kind of cloth made of cotton warp and woolen filling, used chiefly for trousers..
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..
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..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object..
Warping :: Warping (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, warps..
Shed :: Shed (n.) The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads..
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.
Warp :: Warp (v.) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof..
Molewarp :: Molewarp (n.) See Moldwarp.
Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
Unprejudiced :: Unprejudiced (a.) Not warped or biased by prejudice; as, an unprejudiced judgment..
Heddle :: Heddle (v. t.) To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving..
Trawlwarp :: Trawlwarp (n.) A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet..
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
Slasher :: Slasher (n.) A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
Warp :: Warp (v.) Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17..
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 weave; to fabricate.
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..
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