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Webster 1913 Edition
Warp
Warp
(wa̤rp)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Warped
(wa̤rpt)
; 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. waírpan
; cf. Skr. vṛj
to twist. √144. 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
To something so mock solemn, that I laughed.
warped
his mouth at thisTo 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.
Warp
,Verb.
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 shrinkingOne of you will prove a shrunk panel, and, like green timber,
warp
, warp
. Shakespeare
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
From which we would not have you
warp
. Shakespeare
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,
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.
Warp
,Noun.
[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
, Verb.
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.]
6.
[From ]
Warp
, Verb.
The state of being warped or twisted;
as, the
. warp
of a boardWarp 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Warp
WARP
,Noun.
1.
In manufactures, the threads, which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.2.
In a ship, a rope employed in drawing, towing or removing a ship or boat; a towing line.3.
In agriculture, a slimy substance deposited on land by marine tides, by which a rich alluvial soil is formed. [Local.]4.
In cows, a miscarriage. [See the Verb.] [Local.]WARP
,Verb.
I.
1.
To turn, twist or be twisted out of a straight direction; as, a board warps in seasoning, or in the heat of the sun, by shrinking.They clamp one piece of wood to the end of another, to keep it from casting or warping.
2.
To turn or incline from a straight, true or proper course; to deviate.Theres our commission, from which we would not have you warp.
Methinks my favor here begins to warp.
3.
To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects. The following use of warp is inimitably beautiful.As when the potent rod of Amrams son, in Egypts evil day, wavd round the coast, up called a pitchy cloud of locusts, warping on the eastern wind--
4.
To slink; to cast the young prematurely; as cows.In an enclosure near a dog-kennel, eight heifers out of twenty warped. [Local.]
WARP
,Verb.
T.
1.
To turn or twist out of shape, or out of a straight direction, by contraction. The heat of the sun warps boards and timber.2.
To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.This first avowd, nor folly warpd my mind.
I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy.
--Zeal, to a degree of warmth able to warp the sacred rule of Gods word.
3.
In seamens language, to two or move with a line or warp, attached to buoys, to anchors or to other ships, &c. By which means a ship is drawn, usually in a bending course or with various turns.4.
In rural economy, to cast the young prematurely. [Local.]5.
In agriculture, to inundate, as land, with sea water; or to let in the tide, forth purpose of fertilizing the ground by a deposit of warp or slimy substance. Warp here is the throw, or that which is cast by the water.6.
In rope-making, to run the yarn off the winches into hauls to be tarred.To warp water, in Shakespeare, is forced and unusual; indeed it is not English.