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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..

Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To warp; to become twisted out of shape.

Beam :: Beam (n.) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam..

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

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.

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

Woof :: Woof (n.) The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.

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

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..

Fray :: Fray (v. i.) To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly..

Moldwarp :: Moldwarp (n.) Alt. of Mouldwar.

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

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

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..

Cram :: Cram (n.) A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.

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..

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

Guess Warp :: Guess warp () A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object.

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

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..

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