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Cretonne :: Cretonne (n.) A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.

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

Warped :: Warped (imp. & p. p.) of War.

End :: End (n.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.

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..

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

Heddling :: Heddling (vb. n.) The act of drawing the warp threads through the heddle-eyes of a weaver's harness; the harness itself.

Separator :: Separator (n.) An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc..

Helicoid :: Helicoid (n.) A warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line shall have a uniform motion in the direction of another fixed straight line, and at the same time a uniform angular motion about it..

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

Picker :: Picker (n.) The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp..

Warp :: Warp (v.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser..

Bier :: Bier (n.) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.

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

Stripe :: Stripe (n.) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance..

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..

Warp :: Warp (v.) A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..

Fringe :: Fringe (n.) An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like..

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..

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