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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Gauche :: Gauche (n.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion..
Unprejudiced :: Unprejudiced (a.) Not warped or biased by prejudice; as, an unprejudiced judgment..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise..
Warp :: Warp (v.) A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..
Cleat :: Cleat (n.) A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc..
Dispassionate :: Dispassionate (a.) Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed..
Cretonne :: Cretonne (n.) A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.
Warpage :: Warpage (n.) The act of warping; also, a charge per ton made on shipping in some harbors..
Warper :: Warper (n.) One who, or that which, forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom..
Warp :: Warp (v.) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof..
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..
Unwarped :: Unwarped (a.) Not warped; hence, not biased; impartial..
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..
Tapestry :: Tapestry (n.) A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery..
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..
Griff :: Griff (n.) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.
Warproof :: Warproof (n.) Valor tried by war.
Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
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.
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