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noun Warping n. 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. Warping bank, a bank of earth raised round a field to retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land. 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.) Warping post, a strong post used in warping rope-yarn.
verb Warp v. t. (past & past part. warped; pres. part. warping) 1.To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter. (Obs.) 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." "Walter warped his mouth at this To something so mock solemn, that I laughed." 3.To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert. "This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind." "I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy." "We are divested of all those passions which cloud the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men." 4.To weave; to fabricate. (R. & Poetic.) "While doth he mischief warp." 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. 10.(Aeronautics) To twist the end surfaces of (an aerocurve in an airfoil) in order to restore or maintain equilibrium. 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.
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." "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; to swerve. "There is our commission, From which we would not have you warp." 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." 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.
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