Definition of warp

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

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Gauche :: Gauche (n.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.
Warping :: Warping (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, warps..
Warper :: Warper (n.) One who, or that which, forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom..
Twist :: Twist (n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling..
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..
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
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.
Dispassionate :: Dispassionate (a.) Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed..
Trawlwarp :: Trawlwarp (n.) A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..
Pace :: Pace (n.) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web..
Chain :: Chain (n.) The warp threads of a web.
Unprejudiced :: Unprejudiced (a.) Not warped or biased by prejudice; as, an unprejudiced judgment..
Bier :: Bier (n.) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.
Cretonne :: Cretonne (n.) A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.
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..
Toilinette :: Toilinette (n.) A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, -- used for waistcoats..
Card :: Card (n.) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard..
Warpath :: Warpath (n.) The route taken by a party of Indians going on a warlike expedition.
Warp :: Warp (v.) The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board..
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