Warp

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Warp \Warp\ (w[add]rp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warped (w[add]rpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Warping.]

[OE. warpen; fr. Icel. varpa to throw, cast, varp a casting, fr. verpa to throw; akin to Dan. varpe to warp a ship, Sw. varpa, AS. weorpan to cast, OS. werpan, OFries. werpa, D. & LG. werpen, G. werfen, Goth. wa['i]rpan; cf. Skr. v[.r]j to twist. [root]144. Cf. Wrap.]

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1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter. [Obs.]

--Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]

2. To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise. [1913 Webster]

The planks looked warped. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]

Walter warped his mouth at this To something so mock solemn, that I laughed. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

3. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert. [1913 Webster]

This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

We are divested of all those passions which cloud the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men. --Southey. [1913 Webster]

4. To weave; to fabricate. [R. & Poetic.]

--Nares. [1913 Webster]

While doth he mischief warp. --Sternhold. [1913 Webster]

5. (Naut.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object. [1913 Webster]

6. To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

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7. (Agric.) To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance. [Prov. Eng.]

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8. (Rope Making) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns. [1913 Webster]

9. (Weaving) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam. [1913 Webster]

10. (Aeronautics) To twist the end surfaces of (an aerocurve in an airfoil) in order to restore or maintain equilibrium. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Warped surface (Geom.), a surface generated by a straight line moving so that no two of its consecutive positions shall be in the same plane. --Davies & Peck. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Warp \Warp\, v. i.

1. 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. [1913 Webster]

One of you will prove a shrunk panel, and, like green timber, warp, warp. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

They clamp one piece of wood to the end of another, to keep it from casting, or warping. --Moxon. [1913 Webster]

2. to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve. [1913 Webster]

There is our commission, From which we would not have you warp. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects. [1913 Webster]

A pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

4. To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

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5. (Weaving) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Warp \Warp\, n. [AS. wearp; akin to Icel. varp a casting, throwing, Sw. varp the draught of a net, Dan. varp a towline, OHG. warf warp, G. werft. See Warp, v.]

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1. (Weaving) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof. [1913 Webster]

2. (Naut.) 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. [1913 Webster]

3. (Agric.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed. --Lyell. [1913 Webster]

4. A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

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5. Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17. [Prov. Eng.]

--Wright. [1913 Webster]

6. [From Warp, v.]

The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board. [1913 Webster]

Warp beam, the roller on which the warp is wound in a loom.

Warp fabric, fabric produced by warp knitting.

Warp frame, or Warp-net frame, a machine for making warp lace having a number of needles and employing a thread for each needle.

Warp knitting, a kind of knitting in which a number of threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous threads on either side; -- also called warp weaving.

Warp lace, or Warp net, lace having a warp crossed by weft threads. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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warp

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Warp \Warp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warped; p. pr. & vb. n. Warping.]

[OE. warpen; fr. Icel. varpa to throw, cast, varp a casting, fr. verpa to throw; akin to Dan. varpe to warp a ship, Sw. varpa, AS. weorpan to cast, OS. werpan, OFries. werpa, D. & LG. werpen, G. werfen, Goth. wa['i]rpan; cf. Skr. vrj to twist. ????. Cf. Wrap.]

1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter. [Obs.]

--Piers Plowman.

2. To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.

The planks looked warped. --Coleridge.

Walter warped his mouth at this To something so mock solemn, that I laughed. --Tennyson.

3. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.

This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind. --Dryden.

I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy. --Addison.

We are divested of all those passions which cloud the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men. --Southey.

4. To weave; to fabricate. [R. & Poetic.]

--Nares.

While doth he mischief warp. --Sternhold.

5. (Naut.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.

6. To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

7. (Agric.) To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance. [Prov. Eng.]

8. (Rope Making) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.

9. (Weaving) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.

Warped surface (Geom.), a surface generated by a straight line moving so that no two of its consecutive positions shall be in the same plane. --Davies & Peck.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Warp \Warp\, v. i.

1. 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.

One of you will prove a shrunk panel, and, like green timber, warp, warp. --Shak.

They clamp one piece of wood to the end of another, to keep it from casting, or warping. --Moxon.

2. to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve.

There is our commission, From which we would not have you warp. --Shak.

3. To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects.

A pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind. --Milton.

4. To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

5. (Weaving) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Warp \Warp\, n. [AS. wearp; akin to Icel. varp a casting, throwing, Sw. varp the draught of a net, Dan. varp a towline, OHG. warf warp, G. werft. See Warp, v.]

1. (Weaving) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.

2. (Naut.) 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.

3. (Agric.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed. --Lyell.

4. A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

5. Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17. [Prov. Eng.]

--Wright.

6. [From Warp, v.]

The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board.

Warp beam, the roller on which the warp is wound in a loom.

Warp fabric, fabric produced by warp knitting.

Warp frame, or Warp-net frame, a machine for making warp lace having a number of needles and employing a thread for each needle.

Warp knitting, a kind of knitting in which a number of threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous threads on either side; -- also called warp weaving.

Warp lace, or Warp net, lace having a warp crossed by weft threads.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Warp \Warp\, v. t. (A["e]ronautics) To twist the end surfaces of (an a["e]rocurve in an a["e]roplane) in order to restore or maintain equilibrium.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)