Definition of warp

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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..

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Heddle :: Heddle (v. t.) To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving..
Warpath :: Warpath (n.) The route taken by a party of Indians going on a warlike expedition.
Warping :: Warping (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, warps..
Picker :: Picker (n.) The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp..
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..
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects..
Detortion :: Detortion (n.) The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To weave; to fabricate.
Warproof :: Warproof (n.) Valor tried by war.
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.
Casting :: Casting (n.) The warping of a board.
Gauche :: Gauche (n.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.
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..
Cassinette :: Cassinette (n.) A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk..
Abb :: Abb (n.) Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb..
Lea :: Lea (n.) A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking..
Satinet :: Satinet (n.) A kind of cloth made of cotton warp and woolen filling, used chiefly for trousers..
Shed :: Shed (n.) The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads..
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