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Satinet :: Satinet (n.) A kind of cloth made of cotton warp and woolen filling, used chiefly for trousers..

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

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

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

Let-off :: Let-off (n.) A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom..

Slasher :: Slasher (n.) A machine for applying size to warp yarns.

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..

Warp :: Warp (v.) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof..

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

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..

Unwarped :: Unwarped (a.) Not warped; hence, not biased; impartial..

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..

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

Bier :: Bier (n.) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.

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

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

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

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

Cretonne :: Cretonne (n.) A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.

Melton :: Melton (n.) A kind of stout woolen cloth with unfinished face and without raised nap. A commoner variety has a cotton warp.

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