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

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..

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

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns..

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

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

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

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.

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

Harness :: Harness (n.) The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle..

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

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning..

Warp :: Warp (v.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed..

Chain :: Chain (n.) The warp threads of a web.

Detortion :: Detortion (n.) The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping..

Stamen :: Stamen (n.) A thread; especially, a warp thread..

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

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

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

Let-off :: Let-off (n.) A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom..

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