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Bitts :: Bitts (n. pl.) A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc..

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

Gauche :: Gauche (n.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.

Cleat :: Cleat (n.) A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc..

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..

Two-ply :: Two-ply (a.) Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft..

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

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

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..

Weft :: Weft (n.) The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.

Warp :: Warp (v.) Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17..

Lea :: Lea (n.) A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.

Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..

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

Leash :: Leash (n.) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom..

Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc..

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

Warpath :: Warpath (n.) The route taken by a party of Indians going on a warlike expedition.

Cram :: Cram (n.) A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.

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

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