Definition of warp

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

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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..
Mouldwarp :: Mouldwarp (n.) See Mole the animal.
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.
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..
Heddling :: Heddling (vb. n.) The act of drawing the warp threads through the heddle-eyes of a weaver's harness; the harness itself.
Heddle :: Heddle (v. t.) To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving..
Warp :: Warp (v.) The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board..
Cretonne :: Cretonne (n.) A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.
Warpath :: Warpath (n.) The route taken by a party of Indians going on a warlike expedition.
Warping :: Warping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of War.
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..
Leash :: Leash (n.) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a 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.
Warper :: Warper (n.) One who, or that which, forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom..
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..
Twill :: Twill (v. t.) An appearance of diagonal lines or ribs produced in textile fabrics by causing the weft threads to pass over one and under two, or over one and under three or more, warp threads, instead of over one and under the next in regular succession, as in plain weaving..
Warping :: Warping (n.) The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver.
Warped :: Warped (imp. & p. p.) of War.
Lathe :: Lathe (n.) The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten..
Twist :: Twist (n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling..
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