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Warping :: Warping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of War.

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..

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.

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.

Warp :: Warp (v.) The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board..

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..

End :: End (n.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.

Lea :: Lea (n.) A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.

Unprejudiced :: Unprejudiced (a.) Not warped or biased by prejudice; as, an unprejudiced judgment..

Heddle-eye :: Heddle-eye (n.) The eye or loop formed in each heddle to receive a warp thread.

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

Shed :: Shed (n.) The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads..

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

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter..

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

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.

Shed :: Shed (v. t.) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle..

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.

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..

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

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