Definition of warp

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

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Bombazine :: Bombazine (n.) A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments..
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.
Unwarped :: Unwarped (a.) Not warped; hence, not biased; impartial..
Warproof :: Warproof (n.) Valor tried by war.
Renter :: Renter (v. t.) To restore the original design of, by working in new warp; -- said with reference to tapestry..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance..
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.
Separator :: Separator (n.) An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc..
Pace :: Pace (n.) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web..
Cast :: Cast (n.) Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp..
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..
Twist :: Twist (n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling..
Slasher :: Slasher (n.) A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
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..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter..
Unprejudiced :: Unprejudiced (a.) Not warped or biased by prejudice; as, an unprejudiced judgment..
Warp :: Warp (v.) The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board..
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..
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..
End :: End (n.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
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