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

Casting :: Casting (n.) The warping of a board.

Warper :: Warper (n.) One who, or that which, warps or twists out of shape..

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

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

Warp :: Warp (v.) Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17..

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

Stripe :: Stripe (n.) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance..

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance..

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

Warpage :: Warpage (n.) The act of warping; also, a charge per ton made on shipping in some harbors..

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..

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

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