Definition of warp

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

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Warp :: Warp (v.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed..
Warping :: Warping (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, warps..
Melton :: Melton (n.) A kind of stout woolen cloth with unfinished face and without raised nap. A commoner variety has a cotton warp.
Guess Rope :: Guess rope () A guess warp.
Molewarp :: Molewarp (n.) See Moldwarp.
Leash :: Leash (n.) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom..
Cassinette :: Cassinette (n.) A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk..
Bitts :: Bitts (n. pl.) A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc..
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
Warped :: Warped (imp. & p. p.) of War.
Cretonne :: Cretonne (n.) A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.
Dispassionate :: Dispassionate (a.) Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed..
Warpath :: Warpath (n.) The route taken by a party of Indians going on a warlike expedition.
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.
Reed :: Reed (n.) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten..
Bier :: Bier (n.) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.
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..
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..
Two-ply :: Two-ply (a.) Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft..
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.
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