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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..

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..

Separator :: Separator (n.) An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc..

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

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

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

Warp :: Warp (v.) A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..

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.

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..

Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects..

Molewarp :: Molewarp (n.) See Moldwarp.

Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To warp; to become twisted out of shape.

Toilinette :: Toilinette (n.) A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, -- used for waistcoats..

Warper :: Warper (n.) One who, or that which, forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom..

Warpath :: Warpath (n.) The route taken by a party of Indians going on a warlike expedition.

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

Dispassionate :: Dispassionate (a.) Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed..

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

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.

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