From 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.
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One of you will prove a shrunk panel, and, like
green timber, warp, warp. --Shak.
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They clamp one piece of wood to the end of another,
to keep it from casting, or warping. --Moxon.
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2. to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper
course; to deviate; to swerve.
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There is our commission,
From which we would not have you warp. --Shak.
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3. To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave,
like a flock of birds or insects.
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A pitchy cloud
Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind. --Milton.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out
of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.
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The planks looked warped. --Coleridge.
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Walter warped his mouth at this
To something so mock solemn, that I laughed.
--Tennyson.
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3. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or
incline; to pervert.
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This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind.
--Dryden.
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I have no private considerations to warp me in this
controversy. --Addison.
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We are divested of all those passions which cloud
the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men.
--Southey.
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4. To weave; to fabricate. [R. & Poetic.] --Nares.
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While doth he mischief warp. --Sternhold.
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5. (Naut.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp,
attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.
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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.
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9. (Weaving) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.
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10. (Aeronautics) To twist the end surfaces of (an aerocurve
in an airfoil) in order to restore or maintain
equilibrium.
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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.
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From 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.
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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.
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3. (Agric.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides,
etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed. --Lyell.
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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.
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6. [From Warp, v.] The state of being warped or twisted;
as, the warp of a board.
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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.
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