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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.

Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion..

Warped :: Warped (imp. & p. p.) of War.

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..

Stamen :: Stamen (n.) A thread; especially, a warp thread..

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.

Bombazine :: Bombazine (n.) A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments..

Card :: Card (n.) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard..

Detortion :: Detortion (n.) The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping..

Leash :: Leash (n.) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom..

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

Cassinette :: Cassinette (n.) A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk..

Heddling :: Heddling (vb. n.) The act of drawing the warp threads through the heddle-eyes of a weaver's harness; the harness itself.

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..

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

Bier :: Bier (n.) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.

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..

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..

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

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