Definition of warp

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Warp (v.) Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17..

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Mouldwarp :: Mouldwarp (n.) See Mole the animal.
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects..
Pace :: Pace (n.) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web..
Leash :: Leash (n.) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom..
Chain :: Chain (n.) The warp threads of a web.
Warp :: Warp (v.) Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17..
Two-ply :: Two-ply (a.) Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft..
Warproof :: Warproof (n.) Valor tried by war.
Warp :: Warp (v.) A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..
Abb :: Abb (n.) Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb..
Warper :: Warper (n.) One who, or that which, forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom..
Stamen :: Stamen (n.) A thread; especially, a warp thread..
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..
Warping :: Warping (n.) The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver.
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve..
Shed :: Shed (v. t.) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle..
Warp :: Warp (v.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed..
Warpage :: Warpage (n.) The act of warping; also, a charge per ton made on shipping in some harbors..
Heddle :: Heddle (n.) One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom..
Casting :: Casting (n.) The warping of a board.
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