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

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

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

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..

Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.

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

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

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..

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 turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.

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

Warper :: Warper (n.) One who, or that which, warps or twists out of shape..

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

Warping :: Warping (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, warps..

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

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

Heddle :: Heddle (v. t.) To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving..

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

Warp :: Warp (v. i.) to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve..

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..

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