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Pace :: Pace (n.) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web..

Warping :: Warping (n.) The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver.

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

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..

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..

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. i.) to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve..

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..

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..

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

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..

Chain :: Chain (n.) The warp threads of a web.

Trawlwarp :: Trawlwarp (n.) A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet..

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.

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..

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.

Picker :: Picker (n.) The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp..

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

Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.

Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..

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