WARP (2)

warp (2). Warp, v.t. to turn, pervert, contract, prepare, change or move with a warp

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Warp (?), v. i. 1. 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. Shak. They clamp one piece of wood to the end of another, to keep it from casting, or warping. Moxon. 2. 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. Shak. 3. 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. Milton. 4. 4. To cast the young prematurely; to slink; — said of cattle, sheep, etc.
5. 5. (Weaving) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.