Definition of warp

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Warp (v. i.) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.

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Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter..
Stamen :: Stamen (n.) A thread; especially, a warp thread..
Separator :: Separator (n.) An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc..
Cretonne :: Cretonne (n.) A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.
Moldwarp :: Moldwarp (n.) Alt. of Mouldwar.
Unprejudiced :: Unprejudiced (a.) Not warped or biased by prejudice; as, an unprejudiced judgment..
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..
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..
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..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.
Mouldwarp :: Mouldwarp (n.) See Mole the animal.
Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
Gauche :: Gauche (n.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.
Let-off :: Let-off (n.) A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom..
Cretonne :: Cretonne (n.) A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.
Warpath :: Warpath (n.) The route taken by a party of Indians going on a warlike expedition.
Casting :: Casting (n.) The warping of a board.
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.
Cleat :: Cleat (n.) A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc..
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.
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