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

Swaddle :: Swaddle (v. t.) To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby..

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..

Twister :: Twister (n.) One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving..

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

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

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

Casting :: Casting (n.) The warping of a board.

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

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..

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.

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

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

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..

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

Warproof :: Warproof (n.) Valor tried by war.

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..

Cast :: Cast (n.) Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp..

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To weave; to fabricate.

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..

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