WARP

warp. Warp, n. the thred that crosses the woof, a rope

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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. waírpan; cf. Skr. vrj to twist. ����. Cf. Wrap.]] 1. 1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter. Piers Plowman.
2. 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. 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. 4. To weave; to fabricate. Nares.
While doth he mischief warp. Sternhold. 5. 5. (Naut.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.
6. 6. To cast prematurely, as young; — said of cattle, sheep, etc.
7. 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.
8. 8. (Rope Making) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.
9. 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.