"Warp" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
A rope attached to some fixed point, used for moving a ship. Pub. St Mass. 1882, p. 1297
A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of
cattle, sheep, etc.
To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.
To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.
A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one
end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing
line; a warping hawser.
To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or
incline; to pervert.
To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave,
like a flock of birds or insects.
The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and
crossed by the woof.
To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land),
for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy
substance.
The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a
board.
to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper
course; to deviate; to swerve.
To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to
utter.
A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which
a rich alluvial soil is formed.
To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be
twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or
shrinking.
To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep,
etc.
To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp,
attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.
Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17.
To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out
of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.
To weave; to fabricate.
To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to
wind a warp on a warp beam.
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Pigs don't look very smart to me. Sure, they are. You ever see a sow try to make a silk purse out of a farmer's ear?
Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.
Read the complete definitionabóy - Bent, curved, warped; to bend, to curve, to warp, kink. Ang mga manuglagarì nagalagárì sang káhoy sonô sang …
Read the complete definitionamákan n bamboo matting woven with a k. o. twill weave, com-monly used for walling. The weft is passed over …
Read the complete definitionA cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder …
Read the complete definitionA count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.
Read the complete definitionbigóng - To warp, twist, pull—, put—, out of shape. Ang kalabánan sang mga tápì nagabigóng sa ínit. Most wooden …
Read the complete definitionbíngkong - To warp, twist out of shape. (cf. bigóng).
Read the complete definitionA frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the …
Read the complete definitionA spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with …
Read the complete definitionA twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much …
Read the complete definitionbúyok - To bend, curve, incline, cause to lean; be prone to, have a—propensity for,— tendency towards,—leaning to,— proneness,—predisposition,—inclination,— bias,—bent,—set,—turn,—warp. …
Read the complete definitionA perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard.
Read the complete definitionA cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk.
Read the complete definitionTo warp; to become twisted out of shape.
Read the complete definitionFour; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
Read the complete definitionThe warping of a board.
Read the complete definitionThe warp threads of a web.
Read the complete definitionA strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, …
Read the complete definitionA warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.
Read the complete definitionA strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.
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