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Warp
Warp 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. --Shak.
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 warp. --Shak.
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. 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.
WarpWarp Warp, n. [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, v.]
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.]
5. Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17.
[Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
6. [From Warp, v.] The state of being warped or twisted;
as, the warp of a board.
Warp 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. Warp
Warp Warp, v. t. (A["e]ronautics)
To twist the end surfaces of (an a["e]rocurve in an
a["e]roplane) in order to restore or maintain equilibrium.
Meaning of Warp from wikipedia
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Operation Warp Speed (OWS) was a public–private
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Alcubierre drive ([alkuˈβjere]) is a
speculative warp drive idea
according to
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manufacture of cloth,
warp and weft are the two
basic components in
weaving to
transform thread and yarn into
textile fabrics. The
vertical warp yarns are held...
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warp drive or a
drive enabling space warp is a
fictional superluminal (faster than the
speed of light)
spacecraft propulsion system in many science...
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Warp!, also
spelled Warp, was a
trilogy of
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plays created by the
Organic Theatre Company of
Chicago Illinois, in 1971 by co-authors...
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