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Webster 1913 Edition
Warping
Warp′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act or process of one who, or that which, warps.
2.
The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver.
Craig.
Warping bank
, a bank of earth raised round a field to retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land.
Craig.
– Warping hook
, a hook used by rope makers for hanging the yarn on, when warping it into hauls for tarring.
– Warping mill
, a machine for warping yarn.
– Warping penny
, money, varying according to the length of the thread, paid to the weaver by the spinner on laying the warp.
[Prov. Eng.]
Wright.
– Warping post
, a strong post used in warping rope-yarn.
Webster 1828 Edition
Warping
WARPING
,ppr.
Definition 2024
warping
warping
English
Verb
warping
- present participle of warp
Noun
warping (plural warpings)
- An action or motion that warps or twists.
- Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
- Such inertia-less states stand in absolute contrast (and complementarity) to the positive disorders of Parkinsonism, with their intense inertia and resistance to change, their violent warpings of space and field […]
- Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
- (geology) the deformation of the Earth's crust over a large area
- The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Craig to this entry?)
- The practice of flooding agricultural land with turbid river water to add sediment to the soil.