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

Raddle :: Raddle (n.) An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width, and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom..

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

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

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

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

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

Reed :: Reed (n.) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten..

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..

Valencia :: Valencia (n.) A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton..

Moldwarp :: Moldwarp (n.) Alt. of Mouldwar.

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

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

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns..

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

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

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

Cleat :: Cleat (n.) A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, 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.

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

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