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Trawlwarp :: Trawlwarp (n.) A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet..

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

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter..

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.

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

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..

Dispassionate :: Dispassionate (a.) Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed..

Shed :: Shed (v. t.) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle..

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..

Warp :: Warp (v.) The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board..

Warping :: Warping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of War.

Renter :: Renter (v. t.) To restore the original design of, by working in new warp; -- said with reference to tapestry..

Raddle :: Raddle (n.) An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width, and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom..

Twist :: Twist (n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling..

Melton :: Melton (n.) A kind of stout woolen cloth with unfinished face and without raised nap. A commoner variety has a cotton warp.

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.

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..

Warper :: Warper (n.) One who, or that which, forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom..

Warping :: Warping (n.) The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver.

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